Europe C 1400 1458 1st Edition by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Robert Brown, Nancy Bisaha ISBN 081322182X 978-0813221823
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ISBN 10: 081322182X
ISBN 13: 978-0813221823
Author: Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Robert Brown, Nancy Bisaha
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 papacy’s 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 Aeneas’s life and the context and relevance of this work.
Table of contents:
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
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
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
Genoa
Milan
Venice
Mantua
Ferrara
Bologna
Florence Lucca San Casciano
Siena
Piombino
Viterbo
Rome
Umbria the Marches
Ascoli Piceno
Urbino
Rimini
Faenza Fabriano
Aquila
Naples
Reigns of Selected Rulers
Bibliography
Index
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