Oration ”Exposcebat haud dubie” of Pius II (1 December 1459, Mantua). Edited and translated by Michael v. Cotta-Schönberg. 7th version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 51)

Michael Cotta-Schønberg (1)

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The first imperial embassy to Pope Pius II’s Congress of Mantua was not accepted by the pope because the members did not have sufficient rank. The second embassy consisted of the emperor’s own brother-in-law, Margrave Karl of Baden, and the bishops of Eichstätt and Trient. They arrived in Mantua on 21 November 1459 and were received by the pope on 1 December. On this occasion the pope gave the oration “Exposcebat haud dubie” in which he first motivated the special obligation of the Empire to undertake the war against the Turks and then praised the emperor’s person.

Mots clés: Enea Silvio Piccolomini; Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini; Æneas Silvius Piccolomini; Pope Pius II; Renaissance orations; Responses to ambassadors; Holy Roman Empire; 15th century; Crusade against the Turks; Wars against the Turks; 1459; Congress of Mantua; Frederick III (Habsburg); Renaissance oratory; Friedrich III (Habsburg); Renaissance rhetorics; Bishop Johann von Eich; Bischof Johann von Eych; Papa Pio II

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Michael Cotta-Schønberg. Oration ”Exposcebat haud dubie” of Pius II (1 December 1459, Mantua). Edited and translated by Michael v. Cotta-Schönberg. 7th version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 51). 2019. ⟨hal-01184654⟩