Table of Contents
Letizia Pellegrini, Preface ...... 11
Abbreviations ...... 17
James D. Mixson, Introduction ...... 21
I John of Capistrano: Preacher, Papal Diplomat and Promoter of Observance
Antonín Kalous, John of Capistrano and Papal Policy ...... 33
Ludovic Viallet, Jean de Capistran et la promotion de l’Observance en Europe centre-orientale: un projet et ses limites ...... 43
Giacomo Mariani, Controversy over Observant Reform: Roberto da Lecce’s Attacks and John of Capistrano’s Letters ...... 63
Ottó Gecser, Sermon and Treatise in John of Capistrano ...... 81
Gábor Klaniczay, Disciplining Society through Dress: John of Capistrano, the “Bonfire of Vanities”, and Sumptuary Law ...... 99 8 Table of Contents
Thomas Krzenck, John of Capistrano as a Tireless Preacher in Leipzig ...... 117
Hanna Zaremska, John of Capistrano and the 1453 Trial of Wrocław Jews ...... 149
Daniele Solvi, The Lands of Europe as Reflected in John of Capistrano’s Hagiography . . . . . 169
Halina Manikowska, John of Capistrano in the Account of Peter Eschenloer ...... 187
Luca Pezzuto, Images of John of Capistrano in Fifteenth-Century Europe ...... 201
II John of Capistrano and his Correspondence
Frederik Felskau, John of Capistrano and the Impact of His Grand Tour in Central Europe (1451-1456): Reflections on his Correspondence with German Authorities and Individuals ...... 219
Pavel Soukup, The Polemical Letters of John of Capistrano against the Hussites: Remarks on Their Transmission and Context ...... 259
Maria Koczerska, Correspondence between Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Jan Długosz and John of Capistrano ...... 275
Marcin Starzyński, The Circulation of King Casimir IV Jagellon’s Letter to John of Capistrano from 7 September 1451 ...... 293
Paweł Kras, John of Capistrano and the Cracow Brethren ...... 303
Anna Zajchowska-Bołtromiuk, John of Capistrano’s ars praedicandi: The Preaching of John of Capistrano in Light of His Wrocław Sermons and Polish-Silesian Epistolary ...... 323
Marek Daniel Kowalski, The Affair of the Gnojnicki Cousins and the Cracow Letters to John of Capistrano from April 1456 ...... 335 Table of Contents 9
Lorenzo Turchi, Beyond John of Capistrano: The Letters of James of the Marches ...... 347
Przemysław Wiszewski, Jakub Kostowski: In memoriam ...... 367 Index ...... 371