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Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pius II): Orations before the pontificate. 1: Audivi (Magnae saepe res). Basle, 1436. Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg. 2nd edition. Copenhagen, March 2013.

Michael Cotta-Schønberg 1, 2

(2013-03)

This publication contains the Latin text and English translation of Enea Silvio Piccolomini's oration Audivi to the Council of Basle on May 15, 1436, concerning the choice of venue for the reunion council between the Latin Church and the Greek Church. The speaker argued for the city of Pavia in the territory of the Duke of Milan. The context of the oration was marked by the tensions between conciliarism and the papacy, between the European countries, and between the Italian powers including the Papal State. Piccolomini used the occasion to demonstrate his rhetorical skills and humanist learning to the council fathers. Apart from the main subject, the oration touches upon issues that are of interest in other contexts, e.g. the humanist debate on the origins of the Turks.

1:	University of Copenhagen
	University of Copenhagen
2:	The Royal Library / Copenhagen University Library
	University of Copenhagen

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Humanities and Social Sciences/History, philosophy and sociology

Keyword(s): Enea Silvio Piccolomini – Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini – Æneas Silvius Piccolomini – Pope Pius II – Pope Eugene IV – Pope Eugenius IV – Duke Filippo Maria Visconti – Duke Philip Mary Visconti – Milan – Venice – Genoa – The Papacy – The Papal States – Conciliarism – The Council of Basle – The Council of Basel – Pavia – The Renaissance – Italian humanism – France – King Charles VII – origin of the Turks

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Submitted on: Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:56:44

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