Charter of the Order of the Dragon: Sigismund, King of Hungary
Translated by D.P. Curtin
Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN: 979-8-8693-4624-7
In 1408, King Sigismund of Hungary and Croatia created a chivalric order which would play an important role in efforts against the Ottoman Empire. This book contains the Latin text and English translation of the charter that set up this order.
Publisher’s Overview
This work is the brief charter, composed in Latin at the court of the Emperor Sigismund, formed the chivalry society of the Order of the Dragon. Its membership was relegated to members of the German nobility and sovereign monarchs, all of whom took oaths of loyalty and mutual support to drive the Ottoman Turks out of Europe. These knights who made this pledge maintained to organize a crusade to supply military support to the declining Eastern Roman Empire, as well as various Balkan princes, which in time, would prove to be politically disastrous in coming years with the collapse of the Varna Crusade a few decades later. Among those who would eventually swear oaths to the order, Vlad II, Prince of Wallachia, would be among the most popularly remembered, as he would bear the title of the order in his post-nomen “Dracul”.
Who is this book for?
This primary source will be a useful addition for scholars studying the Order of the Dragon and chivarlic orders in general, along with those interested in the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), who at times was the King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Bohemia and the Holy Roman Emperor.
The Translator
D.P. Curtin is the main force behind The Scriptorium Project, which has translated dozens of shorter texts from most of which deal with Christianity.
Charter of the Order of the Dragon: Sigismund, King of Hungary
Translated by D.P. Curtin
Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN: 979-8-8693-4624-7
In 1408, King Sigismund of Hungary and Croatia created a chivalric order which would play an important role in efforts against the Ottoman Empire. This book contains the Latin text and English translation of the charter that set up this order.
Publisher’s Overview
This work is the brief charter, composed in Latin at the court of the Emperor Sigismund, formed the chivalry society of the Order of the Dragon. Its membership was relegated to members of the German nobility and sovereign monarchs, all of whom took oaths of loyalty and mutual support to drive the Ottoman Turks out of Europe. These knights who made this pledge maintained to organize a crusade to supply military support to the declining Eastern Roman Empire, as well as various Balkan princes, which in time, would prove to be politically disastrous in coming years with the collapse of the Varna Crusade a few decades later. Among those who would eventually swear oaths to the order, Vlad II, Prince of Wallachia, would be among the most popularly remembered, as he would bear the title of the order in his post-nomen “Dracul”.
Who is this book for?
This primary source will be a useful addition for scholars studying the Order of the Dragon and chivarlic orders in general, along with those interested in the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368-1437), who at times was the King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Bohemia and the Holy Roman Emperor.
The Translator
D.P. Curtin is the main force behind The Scriptorium Project, which has translated dozens of shorter texts from most of which deal with Christianity.
You can learn more about this book from the The Scriptorium Project website.
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