Crusade in the Fifteenth Century

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 Timur 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 Filippovic 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

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