A Crusade Against the Turks as a Means of Reforming the Church: Two Camaldolese Hermits’ Advice for Pope Leo X
By James G. Kroemer
Lexington Books
ISBN: 978-1-4985-5623-1
By the end of the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church faced deep and widely recognised crises of authority and reform. This book explores how two hermits responded with a striking proposal: that the pope himself should lead a new crusade as a remedy for the Church’s troubles.
Excerpt:
This project will focus on the Camaldolese hermits’ proposal for achieving what they considered to be the most crucial task in the repair of the church, eliminating Islam and all Muslims. Our study will begin with an examination of the recipient of the Libellus, Giovanni de’ Medici, who would become Pope Leo X. Next will be an exploration into the backgrounds of Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini, the two hermits who produced the Libellus. Our focus will then shift to the Libellus itself, surveying the arguments the hermits laid out for the pope. Why was the pope to be the one to call for and lead a military action against the Ottoman Turks? Why was Islam such a threat to Christendom? What strategy should Leo X implement against the Turks?
Who is this book for?
Although it examines an event that never took place—Pope Leo X never launched a crusade—the book has a lot to say about the questions being debated in the early sixteenth century: church reform, the reach of papal authority, the continuing appeal of crusading, and how Europeans might respond to the Ottoman Empire. It will be especially valuable for readers of ecclesiastical history and the papacy, as well as anyone interested in the Crusades’ long afterlife.
“Scholars and non-scholars interested in early sixteenth-century crusade history and the Reformation will find the work accessible and
useful for its insight into an elite Italian view of crusading at a time
when crusading and papal power were being attacked.” ~ review by Paul Strauss in Lutheran Quarterly
The Author
James G. Kroemer is Lutheran pastor and part-time instructor at Marquette University and Concordia University Wisconsin.
A Crusade Against the Turks as a Means of Reforming the Church: Two Camaldolese Hermits’ Advice for Pope Leo X
By James G. Kroemer
Lexington Books
ISBN: 978-1-4985-5623-1
By the end of the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church faced deep and widely recognised crises of authority and reform. This book explores how two hermits responded with a striking proposal: that the pope himself should lead a new crusade as a remedy for the Church’s troubles.
Excerpt:
This project will focus on the Camaldolese hermits’ proposal for achieving what they considered to be the most crucial task in the repair of the church, eliminating Islam and all Muslims. Our study will begin with an examination of the recipient of the Libellus, Giovanni de’ Medici, who would become Pope Leo X. Next will be an exploration into the backgrounds of Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini, the two hermits who produced the Libellus. Our focus will then shift to the Libellus itself, surveying the arguments the hermits laid out for the pope. Why was the pope to be the one to call for and lead a military action against the Ottoman Turks? Why was Islam such a threat to Christendom? What strategy should Leo X implement against the Turks?
Who is this book for?
Although it examines an event that never took place—Pope Leo X never launched a crusade—the book has a lot to say about the questions being debated in the early sixteenth century: church reform, the reach of papal authority, the continuing appeal of crusading, and how Europeans might respond to the Ottoman Empire. It will be especially valuable for readers of ecclesiastical history and the papacy, as well as anyone interested in the Crusades’ long afterlife.
Readers might also wish to have the translation of the hermits’ proposal too, which can be found in Libellus: Addressed to Leo X, Supreme Pontiff.
“Scholars and non-scholars interested in early sixteenth-century crusade history and the Reformation will find the work accessible and
useful for its insight into an elite Italian view of crusading at a time
when crusading and papal power were being attacked.” ~ review by Paul Strauss in Lutheran Quarterly
The Author
James G. Kroemer is Lutheran pastor and part-time instructor at Marquette University and Concordia University Wisconsin.
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