Claiming Byzantium: Papal Diplomacy, Biondo Flavio, and the Fourth Crusade
The humanist Biondo wrote three different narratives of the Fourth Crusade aimed at establishing the legitimacy of western claims to lands in the east. Biondo had played an integral part in the ephemeral reunification of the Greek and Latin Churches at the Council of Florence in July 1439. Biondo...
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Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
2013
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| Online Access: | https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6176 |