BESSARIONE E LA CROCIATA: L'epistola al frate minore Giacomo della Marca
On 20th May 1459, a few days before the opening of the Council of Mantua, in which pope Pious II called a new Crusade against the Ottomans, Cardinal Bessarion, who was at that time Protector of the Franciscan Order, wrote a letter to friar James of the Marches to urge him to gather men and goods for...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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[2018]
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Miscellanea francescana
Year: 2018, Volume: 118, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 109-132 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
James of Marca
B Thomas Palaiologos B Bessarione B Concilio di Mantova B Pio II B Bessarion B Council of Mantua B Pious II B Crociata di Morea B Giacomo della Marca B Crusade of Morea B Tommaso Paleologo |
| Summary: | On 20th May 1459, a few days before the opening of the Council of Mantua, in which pope Pious II called a new Crusade against the Ottomans, Cardinal Bessarion, who was at that time Protector of the Franciscan Order, wrote a letter to friar James of the Marches to urge him to gather men and goods for a military expedition in the Peloponnese. In this letter, Bessarion reports a brief description of the geography and the economy of the Peloponnese the narration of the events that took place there the year before, i.e. Thomas Palaiologos reconquered some of the regions which once belonged to the Despotate of Morea. So, Bessarion invites James to collect as many Crusaders as possible and send them in the Peloponnese, in order to help Thomas and his troops. This essay contains the edition of the letter, with an Italian translation and an historical commentary. In particular, I focused on the comparison between the content of this letter and the Latin and Byzantine contemporary sources, and on the relationship between this epistle and other Bessarion's works, especially a letter about the conditions of the Peloponnese sent in 1444 to Constantine Palaiologos. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 0026-587X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Miscellanea francescana
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