Oration “Quid est” of Enea Silvio Piccolomini (27 April 1438, Vienna). Edited and translated by Michael von Cotta-Schönberg. Final Version. 2024. (Collected Orations of Pope Pius II; 3)
Abstract
In April 1438, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, then an official at the Council of Basel, accompanied Bishop Bartolomeo Visconti of Novara on a voyage to Vienna. The bishop represented the Duke of Milan at the events leading to the acceptance by Albrecht V, Duke of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, of his election as Holy Roman Emperor (as Albrecht II). During their stay in Vienna, Piccolomini wrote an oration, or memorandum, in the name of Visconti, urging Albrecht to accept the imperial election. The reasons advanced in the oration were Albrecht’s obligations towards the Empire, his eminent qualifications, and the advantages to the Hungarians, to Albrecht’s family, to Albrecht himself, to the Church, and to the Empire.
Keywords
Albert II
Albert V
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini
Bishop Bartolomeo Visconti
Orations
Albrecht II
Albrecht V
Holy Roman Empire
Imperial election 1437
Kingdom of Hungary
Turks
Habsburg Dynasty
Papa Pio II
1438
15th century
Renaissance orations
Renaissance rhetorics
Renaisasance oratory
Duke Filippo Maria Visconti
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