Századok – 2023
2023 / 2. szám - KAPISZTRÁN JÁNOS LEVELEZÉSE - KUTATÁSTÖRTÉNET ÉS PERSPEKTÍVÁK - Letizia Pellegrini: Európa és a középkor határvidékén. A Kapisztrán-levelezés, a Magyar Királyság és az oszmán hódítás
EURÓPA ÉS A KÖZÉPKOR HATÁRVIDÉKÉN The second part of the paper examines the activities of John in Hungary. These started after the fall of Constantinople, when the organisation of a crusade against the Ottoman Empire emerged as his single most important objective. Of course, the Christian victory at Belgrade in 1456 cannot wholly be attributed to John’s personal participation in the battle, and nor did he succeed in convincing all those concerned of the necessity to organise a crusade in the defence of Christendom. Yet observing these crucial events in Hungary through the correspondence of John of Capistrano nevertheless opens a new approach to the transition from borderland Christianitas to Europe, and from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era in general. 238
