Treaty on the Establishment of Peace Throughout Christendom (1464)

Frederik Dhondt (1, 2) , Hélène Ruiz Fabri (3)

1 VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2 UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University
3 MPI.LU - Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law

The ‘Treaty on the Establishment of Peace Throughout Christendom’ is a draft treaty proposed in 1463 and 1464 by king George of Poděbrad of Bohemia (1420-1471) to the Kings of Hungary, Poland and France, as well as to the Republic of Venice. Formulated as a plan for a crusade against the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (1432-1481), who had taken Constantinople in 1453, the text foresees the creation of an international organisation comprising all European sovereigns, in equal ‘universal fraternity’. The use of force between members of this new organisation would be strictly forbidden. A parlamentum (tribunal) ought to arbitrate quarrels between sovereigns.

Mots clés: History of international law

Domaines: Droit; Histoire

Frederik Dhondt, Hélène Ruiz Fabri. Treaty on the Establishment of Peace Throughout Christendom (1464). Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, 2021. ⟨hal-03463865⟩