Collected Orations of Pope Pius II. Vol. 10: Orations 64-77 (1462-1464). Final Version. 2024. Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg.
Abstract
Volume 10 of the Collected Orations of Pope Pius II contains fourteen orations held by Pius II in the last years of his pontificate, from 1462-1464. It comprises the three very important orations from March 1462, the “Existimatis fortasse” relaunching his crusade project, the “Per me reges regnant” on the abolition of Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, and the “Superioribus diebus” with a refusal to grant communion under both species to the Bohemians. It also contains the orations delivered at the reception of Saint Andrew’s Head in Rome, a major propaganda scoop for the papacy. And finally it contains the “Sextus agitur annus”, the prelude to his great crusade bull Ezechielis propheta, officially initiating his crusade.
Keywords
Pope Pius II
Florence
Firenze
Duke Philip III the Good of Burgundy
Papal orations
Siena
Saint Andrew's Head
Venezia
Duke Philippe III le Bon de Bourgogne
Enea Silvius Piccolomini
Salt mines
Italian politics
Cervia
Renaissance orations
Bosnia
Renaissance oratory
Italian diplomacy
Venice
Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini
Crusades against the Turks
Wars against the Turks
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
Saint Andrew
1462-1464
15th century
Renaissance rhetorics
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