On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.

Constantine XI Palaiologos (Feb. 8 1404 – May 29 1453), dubbed the last Christian ruler of Constantinople, showing his true likeness in a realistic still life painting, not an idealised art work.

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine ... The tradition of painting the same, or similar, images of saints and holy people is meant to ...