The second of 4 vols. which trace the history of the later Crusades & papal relations with the Levant from the accession of Innocent III (in 1198) to the reign of Pius V & the battle of Lepanto (1566-71). Contents: Venice & the Latin Failure to Halt the Ottoman Advance in Greece, Martin V & Eugenius IV, Constance & Ferrara-Florence, Opposition to Murad II, The Crusade of Varna & Its Aftermath, The Siege & Fall of Constantinople (1453) & Perils & Problems after the Fall, Calixtus III & the Siege of Belgrade, Mehmed II & Albania, Pius II, the Congress of Mantua & the Turkish Conquest of the Morea, Pius II, the Crusade, & the Venetian War against the Turks, Paul II, Venice, & the Fall of Negroponte, Sixtus IV & the Turkish Occupation of Otranto, Piere d'Aubusson & the First Siege of Rhodes, Sixtus IV & the Recovery of Otranto, Innocent VII, Jem Sultan, & the Crusade, Innocent VIII & Alexander VI, Charles VIII & Ferrante I, Alexander VI & Charles VIII, the French Expedition into Italy, The French in Naples, the League of Venice, & Papal Problems, & The Diplomatic Revolution: France & Spain, the Papacy & Venice.