Hospitaller piety and crusader propaganda :: Guillaume Caoursin's description of the Ottoman siege of Rhodes, 1480 /

Guillaume Caoursin, the Vice-chancellor of the Order of the Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio (Description of the Siege of Rhodes) as the official record of the Ottoman siege of the Knights in Rhodes in 1480. The Descriptio was the first authorized account of the Order's a...

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1. Verfasser: Vann, Theresa M.
Weitere Verfasser: Kagay, Donald J.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Latin
Veröffentlicht: London : Routledge, 2016.
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Zusammenfassung:Guillaume Caoursin, the Vice-chancellor of the Order of the Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio (Description of the Siege of Rhodes) as the official record of the Ottoman siege of the Knights in Rhodes in 1480. The Descriptio was the first authorized account of the Order's activities to appear in printed form, and it became one of the best sellers of the 15th century. The publication of the Descriptio not only fed Western Europe's hunger for news about an important Christian victory in the ongoing war with the Turks, it also served to shape public perceptions of the Hospit.
Beschreibung:Originally published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 380 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-375) and index.
ISBN:9781315587073
1315587076
9781317121114
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9781317121121
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9781317121107
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9781472449061

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