Lasting Falls and Wishful Recoveries: Crusading in the Black Sea Region after the Fall of Constantinople
Journal: RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert) (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya)
Year: 2012

the paper examines the Black sea question in the second half of the 15 th century, with special emphasis on crusading and religious questions.Based on selection of recently discovered italian archival sources, the study focuses on a series of pivotal moments in the history of the region: the battle of Belgrade (1456), the fall of caffa (1475) and the ottoman conquest of chilia and cetatea alb/ akkerman (1484).all three events implied a succession of extreme reactions, both in military and in ide