The Fall of Constantinople

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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May 1453 saw the siege that would lead to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was the culmination of an age-long struggle between Christianity and Islam for control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Ottoman leader Mehmed II had dreamed of possessing the city since he was a boy, and now the shining light of Christian civilization, which had lasted 1100 years, fell into the hands of Ottomans.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis is joined by Prof. Marc David Baer to delve into this epochal moment in medieval history.

This episode was edited and produced by Joseph Knight and Rob Weinberg. The senior Producer was Elena Guthrie.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dan Snow, and if you would like Dan Snow's History Hit ad-free, get early access and bonus episodes, sign up to History Hit.
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0:25.1	Hi, everybody.
0:26.0	Welcome to Dan Snow's history hit.
0:27.9	In this episode, I'm going to hand over to a far better qualified,
0:31.1	a much more brilliant podcaster.
0:33.0	He's Matt Lewis, he's host of Gone Medieval,
0:35.2	History Hits Medieval podcast.
0:37.1	Today he's talking to
0:37.8	Professor Mark David Bayer to delve into that extraordinary epochal moment, arguably that terminal
0:44.6	moment for the medieval world. It's the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It matters.
0:50.5	One of the most important dates in European history. And interesting, I think the insistence on the important date has endured. It has survived the revisionism. It still considers
0:58.2	one of the most epic, extraordinary, seismic turning points in the history of Europe and Asia.
1:05.1	This is the second of two episodes that we've released in this last week on the wonderful
1:09.5	city of Istanbul. Our first episode was called appropriately the origins of Istanbul. week on the wonderful city of Istanbul.
1:13.8	Our first episode was called appropriately the origins of Istanbul.
1:18.5	It's a sweeping history of that magnificent city with wonderful Jonathan Harris.
1:21.5	So definitely go back and check that one out.
1:26.0	But now let's scoot ahead to the other end of the Constantinople story.
1:29.4	Well, another big milestone in it. The fall in 1453. Enjoy. The sound of cannon fire rang out in the deep. Like a thunder from the heavens
1:38.0	is how one witness described it. The piercing crash. The air was thick with billowing smoke.
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