A Crusade Against the Turks as a Means of Reforming the Church
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A Crusade Against the Turks as a Means of Reforming the Church

Two Camaldolese Hermits' Advice for Pope Leo X

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A Crusade Against the Turks as a Means of Reforming the Church

Two Camaldolese Hermits' Advice for Pope Leo X

About this book

In 1513 two Camaldolese hermits, Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini, presented the newly elected Pope Leo X a Libellus, or small book, offering a variety of suggestions for what they believed were needed reforms in the Roman Catholic Church. Chief among their recommendations was a crusade against the Ottoman Turks and, ultimately, all of Islam. In A Crusade Against the Turks as a Means of Reforming the Church: Two Camaldolese Hermits' Advice for Pope Leo X, James G. Kroemer introduces the pope who received the Libellus, and the hermits who wrote and sent it. Kroemer explains why the hermits believed Islam was a danger to Christendom, and what their strategy was to cleanse the world of this perceived threat. The Augustinian Friar Martin Luther is presented as one who also advocated church reform, but questioned using a crusade against Islam as a means of attaining needed changes. This book delves into the desire held by some devout people of faith who wish to achieve what they may consider religious purity at any cost, even by force if necessary.

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Information

Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781498556248
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Advice for a Pope
  8. 1 The Shrewd Son
  9. 2 The Two Hermits
  10. 3 Papal Power
  11. 4 The Threat to Christendom
  12. 5 The Plan to Defeat Islam
  13. 6 Leo X’s Failed Crusade
  14. Conclusion: Crusade as Reform
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. About the Author