Hospitaller Piety and Crusader Propaganda - Guillaume Caoursin's Description of the Ottoman Siege of Rhodes, 1480 - Theresa M. Vann

Guillaume Caoursin, Vice-chancellor of the Order of the Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio (Description of the Siege of Rhodes) in 1480. It was the first authorized print account of the Order¿s activities, and became one of the best sellers of the 15th century. With introductory chapters by Theresa Vann, this book is the first modern Latin edition with an English translation of the Descriptio. Two other eyewitness accounts: Pierre D¿Aubusson¿s Relatio obsidionis Rhodie and..