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Saint John Capistran and despot George Branković: an impossible compromise

The article deals primarily with the failed attempt of saint John Capistran to win over the Serbian despot George Branković to embrace the Catholic faith on the eve of the planned crusade against the Ottomans which resulted in the defense of Belgrade in 1456. This episode, which took place during the meeting of the two at the diet of the Hungarian Kingdom in Győr in June 1455, is studied here through the protagonists’ correspondence as well as through contemporary chronicles and other relevant sources. The subsequent indirect relationship between Capistran and Branković is followed until the time of the Franciscan's death. The author also considers the broader context of historical relations between the Catholics and the Orthodox in the middle Danube region at that time.

saint John Capistran, despot Đurađ Branković, John Hunyadi, Hungary-Croatia, Ottoman conquests, Serbia, Bosnia, katoličko-pravoslavni odnosi

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