The Last Wall Between the Ottomans and the Heart of Europe
The Last Wall Between the Ottomans and the Heart of Europe On November 29, 1453 — just six months after Mehmed II’s cannons reduced Constantinople’s walls to rubble — Pope Nicholas V issued a papal bull calling for a crusade. He wanted troops, ships, and treasure from every Christian king in Europe. What he received was polite silence, competing excuses,...
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