Constantinople’s Emperor John VIII Palailogos, who has …
Years: 1437 - 1437
Constantinople’s Emperor John VIII Palailogos, who has already traveled to Venice and Hungary in search of help, is prepared to reopen negotiations for the union of the churches as a means of stirring the conscience of Western Christendom.
His father Manuel II had been skeptical about the benefits of such a policy, knowing that it would antagonize most of his own people and arouse the suspicion of the Turks.
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Ottoman Empire
