LEADER 04039cam 2200529 i 4500001 on1354512210 003 OCoLC 005 20231106090821.0 008 221213s2023 enk b 001 0deng 010 2022057486 019 1354517722 020 9781032326160 020 9781032326153 |q(hardback) 020 1032326158 020 1032326166 020 |z9781003315865 |q(ebook) 035 (Sirsi) o1354512210 035 (OCoLC)1354512210 |z(OCoLC)1354517722 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e------ 050 00 D203 |b.B57 2023 082 00 940.2/1 |223/eng/20230111 100 1 Bisaha, Nancy, |eauthor. |=^A1248605 245 10 From Christians to Europeans : |bPope Pius II and the concept of the modern Western identity / |cNancy Bisaha. 264 1 London ;New York : |bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c2023. 300 xii, 285 pages ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-276) and index. 505 0 Acknowledgements -- Timeline of ley events in Pius II's life -- Chapter 1: From Siena to Vienna: the foundations of Aeneas's worldview -- Chapter 2: 1453-1455: "Europe vs. Asia" -- Chapter 3: "The German Cardinal" at the Roman Curia -- Chapter 4: Papacy and Crusade (1458-1464) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. 520 "Providing the first in-depth examination of Pope Pius II's development of the concept of Europe and what it meant to be 'European', From Christians to Europeans charts his life and work from his early years as a secretary in Northern Europe to his papacy. This volume introduces students and scholars to the concept of Europe by an important and influential early thinker. It also provides Renaissance specialists who already know him with the fullest consideration to date of how and why Pius (1405-1464) constructed the idea of a unified European culture, society, and identity. Author Nancy Bisaha shows how Pius's years of travel, his emotional response to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and the impact of classical ethnography and other works shaped this compelling vision - with close readings of his letters, orations, histories, autobiography, and other works. Europeans, as Pius boldly defined them, shared a distinct character that made them superior to the inhabitants of other continents. The reverberations of his views can still be felt today in debates about identity, ethnicity, race, and belonging in Europe and more generally. This study explores the formation of this problematic notion of privilege and separation-centuries before the modern era, where most scholars have erroneously placed its origins. From Christians to Europeans adds substantially to our understanding of the Renaissance as a critical time of European self-fashioning and the creation of a modern "Western" identity. This book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the formation of modern Europe, intellectual history, cultural studies, the history of Renaissance Europe and late medieval Italy and the Ottoman Empire"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 00 Pius |bII, |cPope, |d1405-1464. |=^A385014 651 0 Europe |xCivilization |y15th century. |=^A21637 650 0 Europeans |xEthnic identity |xHistory. |=^A826290 651 0 Europe |xIntellectual life |y15th century. |=^A29105 651 0 Europe |xHistory |y15th century. |=^A288365 650 0 East and West. |=^A21834 650 0 Civilization, Western. |=^A22776 776 08 |iOnline version:Bisaha, Nancy. |tFrom Christians to Europeans |dLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 |z9781003315865 |w(DLC) 2022057487 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s46.95 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 6219504