The Crusaders full of bravery but deficient in qualities, [iii. 143].
European crusades terminate with the capture of Constantinople, and the destruction of the Greek empire by the Ottoman forces, in 1453, [iii. 156].
—— Defensive Crusades against the Turks, a.d. 1453-1481, [iii. 159].
Meeting of Philip of Burgundy, John Capistran, Æneas Sylvius, Frederick III. of Germany, Pope Nicholas V., Calixtus III., and others, to endeavour to stir up a crusade against the Turks, [iii. 159-166].
The crusade preached in France, England, Germany, Spain, and Portugal, [iii. 168].
General assembly at Mantua, convoked by Pius II., [iii. 172].
His holiness endeavours to arouse the Christian states against the victorious career of the Turks, [iii. 174] et seq.
Accompanies the crusade, and dies at Ancona, [iii. 178], [iii. 179].
Paul II. and Sextus V. preach the crusade, [iii. 179], [iii. 182].