Following the fall of Constantinople, Pope Pius II called upon the various Christian powers to launch a military response against the Ottoman Turks. Refugees from the empire had fled into Italy and requested that the Pope place political pressure to launch a potential crusade to retake the city, and push the Ottomans out of the Balkans.
Following the fall of Constantinople, Pope Pius II called upon the various Christian powers to launch a military response against the Ottoman Turks. Refugees from the empire had fled into Italy and requested that the Pope place political pressure to launch a potential crusade to retake the city, and push the Ottomans out of the Balkans.
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