The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom During the 15th Century

In The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the Fifteenth Century Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea focus on less-known aspects of the later crusades in Eastern Europe, examining the ideals of holy war and political pragmatism.

About the author

Liviu Pilat, Ph.D. (2007), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, is Professor of Medieval History at that university. He has published monographs and articles on various aspects of Central and Eastern Europe political history in the fifteenth century.
Ovidiu Cristea, Ph. D. (2003), Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga", is senior researcher at the same centre of historical research. He has published monographs and articles concerning the Venetian presence in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, on the Later Crusades and on the political history of late medieval Wallachia and Moldavia.

Product details

• Authors: Ovidiu Cristea, Liviu Pilat
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2017
• EAN: 9789004278851
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27885-1
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europ
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages