Daily Medieval

After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II , he took two young male potential Byzantine heirs, converted them to Islam, and ...

Once Mehmed II had taken Constantinople  in 1453, absorbing it into the Ottoman Empire , he declared himself Roman Caesar. His thinking was...

In 1451, Mehmed II , sultan of the Ottoman Empire , chose as his first self-imposed task that he would conquer Constantinople. To prepare, h...

Mehmed II, also called Mehmed the Conqueror, accomplished one of the most damaging counters to Christianity and Europe and conquered an enor...

Most of the history of human beings was spent in the dark; that is, without efficient illumination. There were ways and ways of maneuverin...

Long before he engaged in the bloodthirsty military tactics that made him the historical inspiration for a vampire count, Vlad Tsepes (a you...

Pope Pius II (18 October 1405 - 14 August 1464) was very busy, looking for political alliances and ways to expand his authority. It wasn...