The Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453

Eroberung Konstantinopels durch die Türken unter Sultan Mohammad II. Fatin, 29. Mai 1453.-Das türkische Heerlager vor Konstantinopel.-Buchmalerei, 1455, aus der Werkstatt des Jean Mielot. Illustration zu: Avis directif pour faire la passage d'Outremers. Mss. français 9087, fol. 307 v; Bildquelle: akg-images, Bildnummer: 9TK-1453-5-29-A1-1.

The conquest of the Byzantine capital Constantinople by the Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II (1432–1481) sealed the fate of the Byzantine Empire and triggered the feeling of an immediate, existential threat emanating from the Ottoman Empire.

Conquest of Constantinople by the Turks, 29 May 1453. The Turkish army before Constantinople, illumination, 1455, from the workshop of Jean Mielot. Illustration of: Avis directif pour faire la passage d'Outremers. Mss. français 9087, fol. 307 v; source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100215049/f426.item#.