Welsh, Frank.
The Battle for Christendom : The Council of Constance, 1415, and the Struggle to Unite Against Islam
London, Constable, 2008
8vo. xix, 283 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., maps. First edition. Light edgewear. The dust-jacket is in a protective jacket. Notes with references: (p. 261-264). Bibliography: (p. 265-272).
From the jacket: "In the early 15th century, militant Islam posed a threat to a nuch-divided Europe. Turkish armies had broken the last Crusade on the banks of the Danube in 1396 and, though distracted for a time by Tamerlane's invasion of Turkey, by 1413 their advance seemed unstoppable...So it was that at Christmas 1414, kings and nobles, prelates and scholars, assembled at Constance for a conference under Sigmund's leadership..."
The Battle for Christendom : The Council of Constance, 1415, and the Struggle to Unite Against Islam
London, Constable, 2008
8vo. xix, 283 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., maps. First edition. Light edgewear. The dust-jacket is in a protective jacket. Notes with references: (p. 261-264). Bibliography: (p. 265-272).
From the jacket: "In the early 15th century, militant Islam posed a threat to a nuch-divided Europe. Turkish armies had broken the last Crusade on the banks of the Danube in 1396 and, though distracted for a time by Tamerlane's invasion of Turkey, by 1413 their advance seemed unstoppable...So it was that at Christmas 1414, kings and nobles, prelates and scholars, assembled at Constance for a conference under Sigmund's leadership..."
