Podcasts History History Unplugged Podcast The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Ended the European Middle Ages and Sealed the Rise of the Ottomans

The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Ended the European Middle Ages and Sealed the Rise of the Ottomans

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 6:45 a.m.

1453 was the most shocking year in Europe since the starting of the Bubonic Plague (1347), the beginning of the First Crusade (1095), or the crowning of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor in 800. Many called it the Year the Middle Ages ended. That\u2019s...