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Increasingly, historians acknowledge the significance of crusading activity in the fifteenth century, and they have started to explore the different ways in which it shaped contemporary European society. Just as important, however, was the range of interactions which took place between the three faith communities which were most affected by crusade, namely the Catholic and Orthodox worlds, and the adherents of Islam. Discussion of these interactions forms the theme of this book. Two essays consider the impact of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 on the conquering Ottomans and the conquered Byzantines. The next group of essays reviews different aspects of the crusading response to the Turks, ranging from Emperor Sigismund to Papal legates. The third set of contributions considers diplomatic and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity, including attempts made to forge alliances of Christian and Muslim powers against the Ottomans. Last, a set of essays looks at what was arguably the most complex region of all for inter-faith relations, the Balkans, exploring the influence of crusading ideas in the eastern Adriatic, Bosnia and Romania. Viewed overall, this collection of essays makes a powerful contribution to breaking down the old and discredited view of monolithic and mutually exclusive `fortresses of faith'. Nobody would question the extent and intensity of religious violence in fifteenth-century Europe, but this volume demonstrates that it was played out within a setting of turbulent diversity. Religious and ethnic identities were volatile, allegiances negotiable, and diplomacy, ideological exchange and human contact were constantly in operation between the period's major religious groupings.

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Author:   Professor Norman Housley ,  Dr Christoph Maier
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Ashgate Publishing Limited
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781472464736

ISBN 10:   1472464737
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   28 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Norman Housley. Conquerors and Conquered: Crusading in the 15th century and its relation to the development of Ottoman dynastic legitimacy, self-image, and the Ottoman consolidation of authority, Nikolay Antov; Byzantine refugees as crusade propagandists: the travels of Nicholas Agallon, Jonathan Harris. The Crusading Response: Expressions, Dynamics and Constraints: Dances, dragons and a pagan queen: Sigismund of Luxemburg and the publicizing of the Ottoman Turkish threat, Mark Whelan; Alfonso V and the anti-Turkish crusade, Mark Aloisio; Papal legates and crusading activity in central Europe: the Hussites and the Ottoman Turks, Antonin Kalous; Switching the tracks: Baltic crusades against Russia in the 15th century, Anti Selart. Diplomatic and Cultural Interactions: Timur and the `Frankish' powers, Michele Bernardini; Venetian attempts at forging an alliance with Persia and the crusade in the 15th and early-16th centuries, Giorgio Rota; Quattrocento Genoa and the legacies of crusading, Steven Epstein. Frontier Zones: the Balkans and the Adriatic: The key to the gate of Christendom? The strategic importance of Bosnia in the struggle against the Ottomans, Emir Filippovic; Between two worlds or a world of its own? The eastern Adriatic in the 15th century, Oliver Jens Schmitt; The Romanian concept of crusade in the 15th century, Sergiu Iosipescu; Conclusion: transformations of crusading in the long 15th century, Alan V. Murray. Index.

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Norman Housley is Professor of History at the University of Leicester, UK.

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