LEADER 02665nam 2200565 450 001 9910461079503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-12111-2 010 $a1-4724-4906-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470380 035 $a(EBL)2079235 035 $a(OCoLC)913698370 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001542755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16131571 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001542755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13978510 035 $a(PQKB)11773892 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2079235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2079235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11092990 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL824467 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470380 100 $a20150220h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHospitaller piety and crusader propaganda $eGuillaume Caoursin's description of the Ottoman siege of Rhodes, 1480 /$fTheresa M. Vann and Donald J. Kagay 210 1$aBurlington, VT :$cAshgate,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (395 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-3741-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe hospitallers and Rhodes -- Danger from the great debt and the great Turk, 1453-1480 -- The genesis of the descriptio -- Caoursin, Descriptio obsidione Rhodiae -- D'aubusson, Relatio obsidionis Rhodie -- Kay, Description of the siege of Rhodes -- Dupuis, Le sie?ge de Rhodes -- Curte, De urbis Rhodiae obsidione a. 1480 a Turcis tentata. 330 $a Guillaume Caoursin, the Vice-chancellor of the Order of the Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio (Description of the Siege of Rhodes) as the official record of the Ottoman siege of the Knights in Rhodes in 1480. The Descriptio was the first authorized account of the Order's activities to appear in printed form, and it became one of the best sellers of the 15th century. The publication of the Descriptio not only fed Western Europe's hunger for news about an important Christian victory in the ongoing war with the Turks, it also served to shape public perceptions of the Hospit 607 $aRhodes (Greece)$xHistory$ySiege, 1480 607 $aRhodes (Greece)$xHistory$ySiege, 1480$vSources 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a949.5/87 700 $aVann$b Theresa M.$0900558 702 $aKagay$b Donald J. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461079503321 996 $aHospitaller piety and crusader propaganda$92011989 997 $aUNINA