At the Origins of the Union of Florence: Byzantium, Sigismund of Luxembourg, and the Antipope John XXIII ; У истоков Флорентийской унии: Византия, Сигизмунд Люксембург и антипапа Иоанн XXIII

This article addresses historical circumstances under which the negotiations on the church union between Byzantium and Latin West started in the fifteenth century. The author finds the origins of the process in a letter from the Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxembourg to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos. According to the most recent scholarship, it appeared in the first half of 1412. Taking the analysis of the source into account, it has been concluded that the King’s initiative, which called the Eastern Emperor to take joint action against the Turks in addition to the idea of the un... Mehr ...