A generation after Constantinople fell to the Turks, Ivan III of Muscovy adopted the style of the ancient Byzantine imperial court. This gained Ivan support among the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century Rus' elite who saw themselves as the New Israel and Moscow as the new Jerusalem.
A generation after Constantinople fell to the Turks Ivan III of Muscovy adopted the style of the ancient Byzantine imperial court This gained Ivan support among the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century Rus' elite who saw themselves as the New Israel and Moscow as the new Jerusalem