Europe (c. 1400-1458) / Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini ; translated by Robert Brown ; introduced and annotated by Nancy Bisaha.

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Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 [author.]

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813221830
0813221838

Uniform titles:

Historia rerum Friderici Tertii imperatoris. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Europe (c. 1400-1458).DDC classification:

943/.028 23

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DD173 .P5813 2013eb

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Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Dedication Letter""; ""1. Hungary""; ""2. Transylvania, Valachia""; ""3. Thrace, Romania, Constantinople""; ""4. Origin and History of the Turks""; ""5. The Battle of Varna""; ""6. The Battle of Kosovo""; ""7. The Fall of Constantinople""; ""8. The Battle of Belgrade""; ""9. Macedonia, Thessaly""; ""10. Boeotia""; ""11. Attica""; ""12. The Peloponnese, the Isthmus, Achaea""; ""13. Acarnania""; ""14. Epirus""; ""15. Albania""; ""16. The Illyrian Nations, Bosnia""; ""17. Dalmatia, Croatia, Liburnia""

""18. Istria""""19. Carniola""; ""20. Carinthia""; ""21. Styria""; ""22. Austria""; ""23. Moravia""; ""24. Silesia""; ""25. Poland""; ""26. Lithuania""; ""27. Ruthenia""; ""28. Livonia""; ""29. Prussia: The Teutonic Brothers""; ""30. The Saxon Nation, Pomerania""; ""31. Thuringia, Halberstadt""; ""32. Brunswick, Saxony""; ""33. Denmark, Norway, Sweden""; ""34. Bohemia""; ""35. Frisia""; ""36. Holland, Utrecht, Dordrecht, Westphalia""; ""37. Hesse""; ""38. The Franks""; ""39. Franconia""; ""40. Bavaria, the Palatinate, Swabia""; ""41. The Margravate of Baden, the Tyrol, Switzerland""

""42. Alsace, the Vogtland, Savoy, Arles""""43. France""; ""44. Ghent""; ""45. England""; ""46. Scotland, Ireland""; ""47. Spain, Castile, Navarre, Portugal""; ""48. Italy: Genoa""; ""49. Italy: Milan""; ""50. Italy: Venice""; ""51. Italy: Mantua""; ""52. Italy: Ferrara""; ""53. Italy: Bologna""; ""54. Italy: Florence, Lucca, San Casciano""; ""55. Italy: Siena""; ""56. Italy: Piombino""; ""57. Italy: Viterbo""; ""58. Italy: Rome""; ""59. Italy: Umbria, the Marches""; ""60. Italy: Ascoli Piceno""; ""61. Italy: Urbino""; ""62. Italy: Rimini""; ""63. Italy: Faenza, Fabriano""

""64. Italy: Aquila""""65. Italy: Naples""; ""Appendix: Reigns of Selected Rulers""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Summary: "Shortly before his election in 1458 as Pope Pius II, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini produced a history of recent events in Europe. Europe (c. 1400-1458) provides students and scholars alike with a rich array of famous and lesser known figures and events spanning from Scandinavia to Italy and Iberia, and from Scotland to Lithuania and Greece. Aeneas focused on the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, who began his rule in 1440, creating a frame narrow enough to allow the author to move with ease across the continent. Despite this stated focus, Aeneas makes frequent digressions into ancient and medieval history, revealing his sense of how the deeper past affected the present character of cities and regions. Among the people and events Aeneas addresses are the rivalries of German princes, struggles between Eastern Europeans and the Ottoman Turks, including the fall of Constantinople (1453), challenges to the powerful Teutonic Order, the last battles of the Hundred Years War, dynastic wrangling in Spain, the post-schism papacys efforts to reclaim its former dominance, and a lengthy discussion of recent politics and wars in Italy, culminating in the campaigns of Alfonso of Naples. Amidst his descriptions of powerful men, Aeneas also frequently pauses to discuss notable women, customs of the peasantry, religious beliefs of heretics and pagans, and economic issues. This popular text circulated widely in manuscript form and was printed in several editions between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, in Latin, German, and Italian. The present volume represents the first time this work has been translated into English, bringing its colorful narrative to the attention of a wider audience. This edition also provides extensive footnotes, an appendix of rulers, and a lengthy introduction to Aeneass life and the context and relevance of this work."--Publisher's description.

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""64. Italy: Aquila""""65. Italy: Naples""; ""Appendix: Reigns of Selected Rulers""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

"Shortly before his election in 1458 as Pope Pius II, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini produced a history of recent events in Europe. Europe (c. 1400-1458) provides students and scholars alike with a rich array of famous and lesser known figures and events spanning from Scandinavia to Italy and Iberia, and from Scotland to Lithuania and Greece. Aeneas focused on the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, who began his rule in 1440, creating a frame narrow enough to allow the author to move with ease across the continent. Despite this stated focus, Aeneas makes frequent digressions into ancient and medieval history, revealing his sense of how the deeper past affected the present character of cities and regions. Among the people and events Aeneas addresses are the rivalries of German princes, struggles between Eastern Europeans and the Ottoman Turks, including the fall of Constantinople (1453), challenges to the powerful Teutonic Order, the last battles of the Hundred Years War, dynastic wrangling in Spain, the post-schism papacys efforts to reclaim its former dominance, and a lengthy discussion of recent politics and wars in Italy, culminating in the campaigns of Alfonso of Naples. Amidst his descriptions of powerful men, Aeneas also frequently pauses to discuss notable women, customs of the peasantry, religious beliefs of heretics and pagans, and economic issues. This popular text circulated widely in manuscript form and was printed in several editions between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, in Latin, German, and Italian. The present volume represents the first time this work has been translated into English, bringing its colorful narrative to the attention of a wider audience. This edition also provides extensive footnotes, an appendix of rulers, and a lengthy introduction to Aeneass life and the context and relevance of this work."--Publisher's description.

Translated from the Latin.

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