By 1422 the Ottomans returned demanding the city's surrender. Manuel II saved Constantinople through what Brownworth calls quintessentially Byzantine diplomacy — encouraging one of the sultan's sons to start a civil war back home, diverting the Ottoman threat.
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Episode 16 (4 mentions)
By 1422 the Ottomans returned demanding the city's surrender. Manuel II saved Constantinople through what Brownworth calls quintessentially Byzantine diplomacy — encouraging one of the sultan's sons to start a civil war back home, diverting the Ottoman threat.
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