Papst Pius II. an Sultan Mehmet II
Subtitle: Die Übersetzung der 'Epistola Ad Mahumetem' Durch Michael Christan
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2016
Language: ger; lat
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9783110357684
Subjects: Catholic church, relations, islam; Catholic church, foreign relations; Islam, relations, christianity; Turkey, foreign relations
Description: "For the first time, this book offers an edition of the Early High German translation of the tractate Epistola ad Mahumetem. The humanist Michael Christan translated this key work by Pope Pius II from the Latin original in the late 15th century. It describes the Pope’s offer of conversion to Sultan Mehmed II. This first edition thus serves to document the rising journalistic interest in Turkey in the waning 15th century."--