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Guillaume Caoursin, the Vice-chancellor of the Order of the
Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio
(Description of the Siege of Rhodes) as the official record of the
Ottoman siege of the Knights in Rhodes in 1480. The Descriptio was
the first authorized account of the Order's activities to appear in
printed form, and it became one of the best sellers of the 15th
century. The publication of the Descriptio not only fed Western
Europe's hunger for news about an important Christian victory in
the ongoing war with the Turks, it also served to shape public
perceptions of the Hospitallers. Caoursin wrote in a humanistic
style, sacrificing military terminology to appeal to an educated
audience; within a few years, however, his Latin text became the
basis for vernacular versions, which also circulated widely. Modern
historians recognize the contributions that the Ottoman siege of
Rhodes in 1480 made in the development of military technology,
particularly the science of fortifications. This book is the first
complete modern Latin edition with an English translation of the
Descriptio obsidionis Rhodiae. Two other published eyewitness
accounts, Pierre D'Aubusson's Relatio obsidionis Rhodie and Jacomo
Curte's De urbis Rhodiae obsidione a. 1480 a Turcis tentata, also
appear in modern Latin edition and English translation. This book
also includes John Kay's Description of the Siege of Rhodes and an
English translation of Ademar Dupuis' Le siege de Rhodes. The
lengthy introductory chapters by Theresa Vann place the Ottoman
siege of Rhodes in 1480 within the context of Mehmed II's expansion
in the Eastern Mediterranean after he captured Constantinople in
1453. They then examine the development of an official message, or
propaganda, as an essential tool for the Hospitallers to raise
money in Europe to defend Rhodes, a process that is traced through
the chancery's official communications describing the aftermath of
Constantinople and the Ottoman
Guillaume Caoursin, the Vice-chancellor of the Order of the
Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio
(Description of the Siege of Rhodes) as the official record of the
Ottoman siege of the Knights in Rhodes in 1480. The Descriptio was
the first authorized account of the Order's activities to appear in
printed form, and it became one of the best sellers of the 15th
century. The publication of the Descriptio not only fed Western
Europe's hunger for news about an important Christian victory in
the ongoing war with the Turks, it also served to shape public
perceptions of the Hospitallers. Caoursin wrote in a humanistic
style, sacrificing military terminology to appeal to an educated
audience; within a few years, however, his Latin text became the
basis for vernacular versions, which also circulated widely. Modern
historians recognize the contributions that the Ottoman siege of
Rhodes in 1480 made in the development of military technology,
particularly the science of fortifications. This book is the first
complete modern Latin edition with an English translation of the
Descriptio obsidionis Rhodiae. Two other published eyewitness
accounts, Pierre D'Aubusson's Relatio obsidionis Rhodie and Jacomo
Curte's De urbis Rhodiae obsidione a. 1480 a Turcis tentata, also
appear in modern Latin edition and English translation. This book
also includes John Kay's Description of the Siege of Rhodes and an
English translation of Ademar Dupuis' Le siege de Rhodes. The
lengthy introductory chapters by Theresa Vann place the Ottoman
siege of Rhodes in 1480 within the context of Mehmed II's expansion
in the Eastern Mediterranean after he captured Constantinople in
1453. They then examine the development of an official message, or
propaganda, as an essential tool for the Hospitallers to raise
money in Europe to defend Rhodes, a process that is traced through
the chancery's official communications describing the aftermath of
Constantinople and the Ottoman
This volume, the first of a projected series, focuses on the theme
of women and royal power. Each author has re-examined the available
information about specific royal women and re-assessed their access
to, or use of, power and authority. By doing so, the contributors
also encourage us to reconsider previous interpretations of
internal politics and international relations between medieval
England, Flanders, and the kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula.
Indeed, based on these contributions, it seems that notable royal
women flourished in the Spanish kingdoms long before Isabella I.
Taken as a group, the essays suggest that medieval women exercised
certain types of royal power, or authority, within
socially-accepted spheres, and that this phenomenon was more
wide-spread than commonly thought. These essays are a valuable
addition to previous political and institutional studies, which
either have ignored the queen's role in government completely or
placed an adverse interpretation upon her intervention. They
examine how time, place, and attitudes determined a royal woman's
means of expression, and suggest the ties of lineage that linked
the kingdoms of Portugal, Flanders, England and Castile. The
experiences evidenced in this volume indicate that medieval
attitudes towards women and royal power were fairly consistent
across a wide geographical area.
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