HIST 1010 Chapter Primary Source: HIST1010 - Seminar 2
1 Jun 2016
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Letter of the knights of st. john on rhodes which was sent to jerusalem to the margrave of brandenburg (1453) Recorded after the fall of constantinople warns the christian people of future sieges (requests for help in tone and language) Western christian military order during the middle ages. Charged with the rule of the holy lands after the first crusade. Announces the murder of the emperor of constantinople and the siege of the city. Describes the actions of the muslims as being gruesome, barbaric, inhumane, etc. Assumes that the sultan is preparing a new fleet from scratch intending to make the islands of the. Aegean archipelago subject to his power or destroy them. Describes the sultan as highly proud and suggests that he will do more than alexander the. Pushes for a pact between christian royalty resist the ferocious power of this tyrant who has been roused to destroy christians . Believes in god"s willpower to deliver an absolute resolution.
