Collected Orations of Pope Pius II. Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg. Vol. 8: Orations 43-51 (1459-1459). 3rd version

International audienceVolume 8 of the Orations of Pope Pius II contains nine of the orations held by Pius II during the Congress in Mantua, summoned by the pope with the purpose of discussing a crusade against the Turks. Three of the orations are general addresses to the Congress: the two opening orations, the “Magna pars vestrum” and the remarkable “Cum bellum hodie”