Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . 18. SutTAN Mohammed II 214. 19- Frederick III and Ei<eonora of Portugai^ 215 HISTORICAL OUTLINE (1400-1500) Thessalonica (1430) and much of Dalmatia. Amurat then,badly beaten by the Hungarian general Hunyadi, made peace ;but it was violated by the Christians on papal instigation, andthey suffered a bloody defeat at Varna (1444), where theHungarian king, I^adislaus, wa
Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . 18. SutTAN Mohammed II 214. 19- Frederick III and Ei<eonora of Portugai^ 215 HISTORICAL OUTLINE (1400-1500) Thessalonica (1430) and much of Dalmatia. Amurat then,badly beaten by the Hungarian general Hunyadi, made peace ;but it was violated by the Christians on papal instigation, andthey suffered a bloody defeat at Varna (1444), where theHungarian king, I^adislaus, was killed ; and four years laterHunyadi was overpowered at Kossovo in a battle that lastedthree days. Then came (1453) the ^iege and capture ofConstantinople by Mohammed II and the heroic death of thelast Roman Eastern Emperor, Constantine Palaeologus. The alarm caused by the fall of Constantinople was naturallyvery great. It led to the Peace of lyodi and a defensive I^eague ;but France and England were at drawn daggers, Germany wasafraid of what it deemed papal intrigues, and the jealousiesof the Italian cities, which had. ever stultified the word patriotism, frustrated federation, and made national uniona possibility only under some alien invade
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