Oration “Britones hodie” of Pope Pius II (26 November 1459, Mantua). Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg. 5th version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius; 50)
Résumé
In autumn 1459, Duke Francois II of Bretagne sent an embassy to the Congress of Mantua. The object of the embassy was to present the duke’s declaration of obedience to the pope and to represent him in the negotiations concerning the crusade against the Turks. The pope replied to the address of the ambassadors with the short oration “Britones hodie”, in which he gave a resumé of the history of the Bretons, and thanked the duke for his declaration of obedience and for the contribution to the crusade promised by him.
Mots clés
Brittany
Responses to ambassadors
Bretagne
Pope Pius II
Renaissance orations
Æneas Silvius Piccolomini
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
15th century
Crusades against the Turks
Wars against the Turks
1459
Congress of Mantua
Francois II
Duke of Brittany
Renaissance oratory
Renaissance rhetorics
Papa Pio II
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