Oration "Tua verba" of Enea Silvio Piccolomini (21 May 1454, Regensburg). 3rd version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 78)
Résumé
The fall of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, to the Ottoman Turks in May 1453 created widespread and justified fear in Europe. It might reasonably be assumed that the young Turkish sultan, Mehmed II, would pursue his war of expansion and move further into European territories. The two international institutions of Europe, the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy, were compelled to react, although both incumbents, Emperor Friedrich III and Pope Nicolaus V, were peaceful men, averse to risk taking. After some procrastination, the emperor convened a conference of the European rulers and German princes in the city of Regensburg in May 1454. The driving force at this meeting was his counsellor and senior diplomat, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Bishop of Siena. Piccolomini gave both the opening speech, the “Quamvis omnibus” and the closing speech, the “Tua verba” at the diet. In the last one, he especially and profusely thanked the major princes present or represented at the diet, Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, the Duke of Burgundy, the King of Poland, the papal legate, and the Duke of Savoy.
Mots clés
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
Pope Pius II
Papa Pio II
Renaissance orations
Renaissance oratory
Renaissance rhetorics
15th century
1459
Diet of Regensburg 1459
Reichstag in Regensburg 1459
Emperor Friedrich III (Habsburg)
Kaiser Friedrich III (Habsburg)
Duke Phillip III the Good of Burgundy
Louis I of Savoy
Albrecht III Achilles of Brandeburg
Pope Nicholas V
Pope Nicolaus V
King Casmiir IV of Poland
Giovanni di Castiglione
Crusades against the Turks
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