Battle for Christendom
Welsh, Frank
ISBN 10: 159020123X ISBN 13: 9781590201237
Published by Abrams, Inc., 2008
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In an attempt to save Christian world the Emperor Sigismund called the many nations of Europe together for a conference at Constance, beside the Rhine. The Conference attracted the greatest minds in the western world, as well as innumerable princes, lawyers and prostitutes. And amid the confusion hoped to put Europe's house in order.In The Battle for Christendom, brilliant historian Frank Welsh delves into this important moment in history and shows that it is in fact one of the most central moments in European history.
Product Description: As Turkish armies menaced a much divided Europe, all eyes looked to Germany's patient, charming but ruthless Emperor Sigismund to co-ordinate the resistance. At Christmas 1414 he convened the conference at Constance where Europe's greatest thinkers and most eminent nobles discussed the future of Christendom. This book offers a new view of Constance as a turning-point in history which planted the seeds that were to flourish in later ages: of the Renaissance, Humanism and the Reformation.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Battle for Christendom
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First American Edition.