Europe (c. 1400-1458) / Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini ; translated by Robert Brown ; introduced and annotated by Nancy Bisaha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piccolomini, Aeneas Silvius.

Contributor:

Brown, Robert.

Bisaha, Nancy.

Standardized Title:

Historia rerum Friderici Tertii imperatoris. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1415-1493.

Frederick.

Frederick--III, -- Holy Roman Emperor, -- 1415-1493.

Frederick -- III, -- Holy Roman Emperor, -- 1415-1493.

Europe--History--476-1492--Early works to 1800.

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Early works to 1800.

Holy Roman Empire--History--Frederick III, 1440-1493.

Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Frederick III, 1440-1493.

Europe.

Holy Roman Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Dedication Letter""; ""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""; ""14. Epirus""; ""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""; ""28. Livonia""; ""29. Prussia: 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""; ""48. Italy: Genoa""; ""49. Italy: Milan""; ""50. Italy: Venice""; ""51. Italy: Mantua""; ""52. Italy: Ferrara""; ""53. Italy: Bologna""; ""54. Italy: Florence, Lucca, San Casciano""; ""55. Italy: Siena""; ""56. Italy: Piombino""; ""57. Italy: Viterbo""; ""58. Italy: Rome""; ""59. Italy: Umbria, the Marches""; ""60. Italy: Ascoli Piceno""; ""61. Italy: Urbino""; ""62. Italy: Rimini""; ""63. Italy: Faenza, Fabriano""

""64. Italy: Aquila""""65. Italy: Naples""; ""Appendix: Reigns of Selected Rulers""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-2183-8

OCLC:

879306217