Aeneas Silvius

Particular focus is directed toward the conciliar movement, which threatened the authority and relevance of the papacy; this is a particularly interesting problem in that before he became pope, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini had made a name for himself as a radical conciliarist.

Siena also had some well-known students, including Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the famous Croatian humanist and poet Marin Drzic (or Darsa).

Nederman examines the roots of Nicholas's thought, and that of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), on the empire.

A significant contribution to conciliar and papal history, Reject Aeneas, Accept Pius: Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) offers a detailed portrait of one of Renaissance Europe's most influential figures and a revealing window onto the world in which he lived.

Nearly from the beginning Hinderbach made his way in court circles at Vienna, and in the Council of Basel he became closely associated with Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini as well as Cusanus and others.

59] (In the more jaundiced view of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, it was difficult to get Ugo to stop talking, which perhaps amounts to the same thing.