"This project will focus on the Camaldolese hermits' proposal for achieving what they considered to be the most crucial task in the repair of the church, eliminating Islam and all Muslims. Our study will begin with an examination of the recipient of the Libellus, Giovanni de' Medici, who would become Pope Leo X. Next will be an exploration into the backgrounds of Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini,"
"the two hermits who produced the Libellus. Our focus will then shift to the Libellus itself, surveying the arguments the hermits laid out for the pope. Why was the pope to be the one to call for and lead a military action against the Ottoman Turks? Why was Islam such a threat to Christendom? What strategy should Leo X implement against the Turks?"
"Although it examines an event that never took place-Pope Leo X never launched a crusade-the book has a lot to say about the questions being debated in the early sixteenth century: church reform, the reach of papal authority, the continuing appeal of crusading, and how Europeans might respond to the Ottoman Empire. It will be especially valuable for readers of ecclesiastical history and the papacy, as well as anyone interested in the Crusades' long afterlife."
By the end of the Middle Ages the Catholic Church faced deep, widely recognised crises of authority and reform. Two Camaldolese hermits proposed that the pope should personally lead a new crusade as a remedy, aiming to eliminate Islam and all Muslims as the most crucial task in repairing the church. The proposal was addressed to Giovanni de' Medici (later Pope Leo X) and drew on the backgrounds of Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini. The hermits argued why the pope should call and lead military action against the Ottoman Turks, why Islam threatened Christendom, and what strategy Leo X should implement. Although Leo X never launched a crusade, the proposal connects to debates over church reform, papal authority, crusading's appeal, and European responses to the Ottoman Empire.
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