Collected Orations of Pope Pius II. Vol. 10: Orations 64-77 (1462-1464). 4th version

International audienceVolume 10 of the Collected Orations of Pope Pius II contains fourteen orations held by Pius II in the last years of his pontificate, from 1462-1464. It comprises the three very important orations from March 1462, the “Existimatis fortasse” relaunching his crusade project, the “Per me reges regnant” on the abolition of Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, and the “Superioribus diebus” with a refusal to grant communion under both species to the Bohemians. It also contains the orations delivered at the reception of Saint Andrew’s Head in Rome, a major propaganda scoop for the papacy. And finally it contains the “Sextus agitur annus”, the prelude to his great crusade bull Ezechielis propheta, officially initiating his crusade