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Crusading in the Fifteenth Century

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  1. Norman Housley

    1. University of Leicester, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Norman Housley
    Pages 1-12

  3. Italian Humanists and the Problem of the Crusade

    • Margaret Meserve
    Pages 13-38

  4. Pope Pius II and the Crusade

    • Nancy Bisaha
    Pages 39-52

  5. The German Reichstage and the Crusade

    • Johannes Helmrath
    Pages 53-69

  6. Burgundy and the Crusade

    • Jacques Paviot
    Pages 70-80

  7. An Obscure but Powerful Pattern: Crusading, Nationalism and the Swiss Confederation in the Late Middle Ages

    • Claudius Sieber-Lehmann
    Pages 81-93

  8. Giovanni da Capistrano and the Crusade of 1456

    • Norman Housley
    Pages 94-115

  9. Hungary and Crusading in the Fifteenth Century

    • János M. Bak
    Pages 116-127

  10. Poland and the Crusade in the Reign of King Jan Olbracht, 1492–1501

    • Natalia Nowakowska
    Pages 128-147

  11. The Hospitallers at Rhodes and the Ottoman Turks, 1480–1522

    • Nicolas Vatin
    Pages 148-162

  12. Reconquista and Crusade in Fifteenth-Century Spain

    • John Edwards
    Pages 163-181

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 182-251
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About this book

This collection of essays by European and American scholars addresses the changing nature and appeal of crusading during the period which extended from the battle of Nicopolis in 1396 to the battle of Mohács in 1526. Contributors focus on two key aspects of the subject. One is developments in the crusading message and the language in which it was framed. These were brought about partly by the appearance of new enemies, above all the Ottoman Turks, and partly by shifting religious values and innovative currents of thought within Catholic Europe. The other aspect is the wide range of responses which the papacy's repeated calls to holy war encountered in a Christian community which was increasingly heterogeneous in character. This collection represents a substantial contribution to the study of the Later Crusades and of Renaissance Europe.

Reviews

'What is impressive about this collection is the consistently high standard of scholarly endeavour and originality which should do much to revive interest in this otherwise neglected area of crusade studies.' - Peter W. Edbury, Ecclesiastical History

'No one has done more to place the period between 1300 and 1600 fairly on the map of crusader studies than Norman Housley...This collection is another significant step towards intensifying the very important area of later medieval crusade studies.' - Christoph T. Maier, Crusades

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Leicester, UK

    Norman Housley

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JANOS M. BAK Professor of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary NANCY BISAHA Lecturer, Vassar College, New York, USA JOHN EDWARDS Senior Research Fellow in Spanish, University of Oxford, UK JOHANNES HELMRATH Professor of Medieval History, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany MARGARET MESERVE Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, France NATALIA NOWAKOWSKA Researcher JACQUES PAVIOT Professor of Medieval History, University of Paris XII - Val de Marne, France CLAUDIUS SIEBER-LEHMANN Lecturer, Medieval History, University of Basel, Switzerland NICOLAS VATIN Director of Research, CNRS, Paris, and Director of Studies, L'École Pratique de Hautes Études (IVe section), France

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