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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