Reconfiguring the Fifteenth-Century Crusade

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Norman Housley

   Pages 1-9

3. Toward a Global Crusade? The Papacy and the Non-Latin World in the Fifteenth Century

   • Benjamin Weber

   Pages 11-44

4. Crusade and Reform, 1414–1449: Allies or Rivals?

   • Norman Housley

   Pages 45-83

5. Crusading against Christians in the Fifteenth Century: Doubts and Debates

   • Pavel Soukup

   Pages 85-122

6. The Military Orders and Crusading in the Fifteenth Century: Perception and Influence

   • Jürgen Sarnowsky

   Pages 123-160

7. Venice and the Ottoman Threat, 1381–1453

   • Stefan Stantchev

   Pages 161-205

8. Bessarion’s Orations against the Turks and Crusade Propaganda at the Große Christentag of Regensburg (1471)

   • Dan Ioan Mureşan

   Pages 207-243

9. Hunyadi’s Campaign of 1448 and the Second Battle of Kosovo Polje (October 17–20)

   • Emanuel Constantin Antoche

   Pages 245-284

10. Reactions to the Fall of Constantinople and the Concept of Human Rights

    • Nancy Bisaha

    Pages 285-324

11. Conclusion: The Future Study of Crusading in the Fifteenth Century

    • Norman Housley

    Pages 325-331

12. Back Matter

    Pages 333-344

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This collection of essays by eight leading scholars is a landmark event in the study of crusading in the late middle ages. It is the outcome of an international network funded by the Leverhulme Trust whose members examined the persistence of crusading activity in the fifteenth century from three viewpoints, goals, agencies and resonances. The crusading fronts considered include the conflict with the Ottoman Turks in the Mediterranean and western Balkans, the Teutonic Order’s activities in the Baltic region, and the Hussite crusades. The authors review criticism of crusading propaganda on behalf of the crusade, the influence on crusading of demands for Church reform, the impact of printing, expanding knowledge of the world beyond the Christian lands, and new sensibilities about the sufferings of non-combatants.

• Crusades
• Interfaith relations
• Ottoman Turks
• Military Orders
• Renaissance Papacy
• Fifteenth century
• Middle Ages

• School of History, Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

  Norman Housley

Norman Housley is Professor of History at the University of Leicester, UK and one of the most distinguished historians of crusading theory and practice. In recent years he has focused on crusading in the fifteenth century. His recent publications include Crusading and the Ottoman Threat, 1453−1505 (Oxford University Press, 2012) and The Crusade in the Fifteenth Century: Converging and Competing Cultures (Routledge, 2017). 

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