"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."
Edited by:
Norman Housley
Series edited by:
Dr. Christoph Maier
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 8
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781472464712
ISBN 10: 1472464710
Series: Crusades - Subsidia
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 13 June 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents List of figures and maps List of abbreviations Notes on contributors Maps Preface 1 Introduction Norman Housley Conquerors and conquered 2 Crusading in the fifteenth century and its relation to the development of Ottoman dynastic legitimacy, self-image, and the Ottoman consolidation of authority Nikolay Antov 3 Byzantine refugees as crusade propagandists: the travels of Nicholas Agallon Jonathan Harris The crusading response: expressions, dynamics and constraints 4 Dances, dragons and a pagan queen: Sigismund of Luxemburg and the publicizing of the Ottoman Turkish threat Mark Whelan 5 Alfonso V and the anti-Turkish crusade Mark Aloisio 6 Papal legates and crusading activity in central Europe: the Hussites and the Ottoman Turks Antonin Kalous 7 Switching the tracks: Baltic crusades against Russia in the fifteenth century Anti Selart Diplomatic and cultural interactions 8 Tīmūr and the ‘Frankish’ powers Michele Bernardini 9 Venetian attempts at forging an alliance with Persia and the crusade in the fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries Giorgio Rota 10 Quattrocento Genoa and the legacies of crusading Steven Epstein Frontier zones: the Balkans and the Adriatic 11 The key to the gate of Christendom? The strategic importance of Bosnia in the struggle against the Ottomans Emir Filippović 12 Between two worlds or a world of its own? The eastern Adriatic in the fifteenth century Oliver Jens Schmitt 13 The Romanian concept of crusade in the fifteenth century Sergiu Iosipescu 14 Conclusion: transformations of crusading in the long fifteenth century Alan V. Murray Index
Norman Housley is Professor of History at the University of Leicester, UK.
Reviews for The Crusade in the Fifteenth Century: Converging and competing cultures
'What is impressive about this collection is the consistently high standard of scholarly endeavour and originality which should do much to revive interest in this otherwise neglected area of crusade studies.' - Peter W. Edbury, Ecclesiastical History 'No one has done more to place the period between 1300 and 1600 fairly on the map of crusader studies than Norman Housley...This collection is another significant step towards intensifying the very important area of later medieval crusade studies.' - Christoph T. Maier, Crusades 'What is impressive about this collection is the consistently high standard of scholarly endeavour and originality which should do much to revive interest in this otherwise neglected area of crusade studies.' - Peter W. Edbury, Ecclesiastical History 'No one has done more to place the period between 1300 and 1600 fairly on the map of crusader studies than Norman Housley...This collection is another significant step towards intensifying the very important area of later medieval crusade studies.' - Christoph T. Maier, Crusades
