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  • Source? Mehmed's 1449 preparations for war?

    Hi.

    I found a statement by the late Donald M. Nicol in the Encyclopedia Britannica about Mehmed the Conqueror beginning to prepare to conquer Constantinople in 1449. I was wondering what source I might read, whether English, Turkish, Greek, German, or whatever, that would describe Mehmed's preparations of that year. I can't seem to find one.

    I'm particularly looking for whatever connections there might be between his preparations and the ongoing debate in Byzantium over union with the papacy, or anything having to do with Demetrius Palaeologos. I've looked and looked, and have yet to find any source that Nicol might have based his statement upon.

    Can anyone help me?
    Last edited by Pickle; 02 May 04,, 18:13.

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    I've found the Medieval Sourcebook to be an invaluable resource.

    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
    "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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    • #3
      Great topic to read up on, I was reading a book on the same topic a few years ago, but would be hard done to tell you who it was by..

      http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

      Have a look at this one though

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Irondüke
        I've found the Medieval Sourcebook to be an invaluable resource.

        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
        Yes, that's a good site, but I haven't come up with anything there yet. Wish I could.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by aryan
          Thanks. Runciman is a good source, but he didn't deal with this little detail. Nicol is the only one I've found who mentions it, and he only mentions it in an Ency. Brit. article, not in the book(s) by him I've looked at.

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