Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index.
Contents:
The city of wonders -- Founding fathers -- Defence -- Palaces and power -- Churches and monasteries -- 'Two thirds of the wealth of this world' -- Democracy -- The beginning of the end -- The ruin of Byzantine Constantinople -- Byzantine Constantinople today.
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