Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Nicholas of Cusa, and the Crusade: Conciliar, Imperial, and Papal Authority

This essay surveys the ways the attitudes of Piccolomini and Cusa toward the initiation of a crusade were shaped by their shifting allegiances between 1432 and their deaths in 1464. Piccolomini's developing interest in crusade, which became his central concern during his reign as pope, is trace...

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Main Author: Housley, Norman 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
In: Church history
Year: 2017, Volume: 86, Issue: 3, Pages: 643-667
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pius, II., Pope 1405-1464 / Nicholas of Cusa 1401-1464 / Basler Konzil (1431-1449 : Basel) / Crusades
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KBL Near East and North Africa
KDB Roman Catholic Church
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Summary:This essay surveys the ways the attitudes of Piccolomini and Cusa toward the initiation of a crusade were shaped by their shifting allegiances between 1432 and their deaths in 1464. Piccolomini's developing interest in crusade, which became his central concern during his reign as pope, is traced through his years at Basel and in the service of Frederick III. Cusa's attitude toward crusade is approached in terms of the apparent contradiction between the views set out in his De pace fidei and the role that he played at imperial diets in the 1440s and 1450s. In the case of both men, the impact of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 is reassessed.
ISSN:1755-2613
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0009640717001275