Germany, Hungary and the crusade in the reign of emperor Sigismund, 1400-1437:

This selection of over 100 texts, nearly all appearing for the first time in English translation, illustrates the struggle between the Christians and Ottomans on the Danube frontier, and features coverage of the broader political, military, and diplomatic debates provoked in Christendom by the spect...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge [2022]?
Schriftenreihe:Crusade texts in translation
Zusammenfassung:This selection of over 100 texts, nearly all appearing for the first time in English translation, illustrates the struggle between the Christians and Ottomans on the Danube frontier, and features coverage of the broader political, military, and diplomatic debates provoked in Christendom by the spectre of the Turkish threat in the Balkans. Sigismund of Luxemburg, as King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor, was at the forefront in crafting the response to the Ottomans in the first few decades of the fifteenth century. He personally led military campaigns on the Danube frontier and was instrumental in bringing the political elites of Europe together to discuss programmes which could defend Christendom, notably at the ecclesiastical assemblies of Constance (1414-1418) and Basle (1431-39), as well as at political assemblies such as the Congress of Lutszk (1429) and the Nuremberg Reichstag (1431). [...]
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Beschreibung:270 Seiten
ISBN:9781472469793