Hospitaller Piety and Crusader Propaganda by Theresa M. Vann,... - 9780367882402

Hospitaller Piety and Crusader PropagandaGuillaume Caoursin's Description of the Ottoman Siege of Rhodes, 1480\nAuthor(s): Theresa M. Vann, Donald J. Kagay\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367882402, 978-0367882402\nSynopsis\nGuillaume 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 Orders 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 Europes hunger for news about an important Christian victory in the ongoing war with the Turks, it also served to shape public perceptions of the Hospitallers. Caoursin wrote in a humanistic style, sacrificing military terminology to appeal to an educaten