Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Nicholas of Cusa, and the Crusade

Conciliar, Imperial, and Papal Authority

Bibliographic Data

ID3324348
AuthorsNorman Housley (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume86
Issue3
Pages643-667
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009640717001275
OpenAlexW2765816997
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

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 hisDe pace fideiand 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

Ancient history · Contradiction · Epistemology · Geography · Pace · Political science · Politics · Reign · Classics · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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