HIS230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mehmed The Conqueror, Giovanni Boccaccio, Black Death
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Turkish attack on constantinople was unheard of and shocked europe. People thought that the turkish were nothing but barbaric, uncultivated, without established customs, or laws. But the turkish people felt that they were the true heirs of the roman empire. Turkish were very much like the europeans that hated them. Sultan mehmed ii had european architecture in his home. These interests and patrons how the dual features of the period of crisis and renaissance in the 14-15 century. One side it was a crisis (with the fall of the byzantine empire), other side it was a renaissance. To deal with this, people used art such as literature, music and art. Black death swept through europe and decreased the population. Ottoman domination of byzantium and then constantinople. Spread by fleas on rats, came through boats and other means of travel and spread through very rapidly. Hurt people because the population was already riddled with disease and famines.
