Battle for Christendom: The Council of Constance, the East-West Conflict, and th

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slight staining on jacket, overall very good and clean. / Leichte Anschmutzung auf Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - At the dawn of the fifteenth century, Islam invaded Europe from the East and it seemed that Christendom itself was under threat. In an attempt to save the Christian world, the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund called a conference at Constance, beside the Rhine. The council attracted the greatest minds in the western world, as well as innumerable princes, lawyers, and prostitutes. In The Battle for Christendom, eminent historian Frank Welsh delves into this important international meeting and shows that it is in fact one of the central events in European history.

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