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	Dracula's Mentor

Monkfishy

11-6-2007 2:01 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/59170cda-8ed0-4f76-9d56-14bea0f09cee/E1F3E8D1-8A96-4149-B124-C3F6B9590206/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302"><H1 class="firstHeading">Pope Pius II</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302">After allying himself with <A title="Ferdinand II of Aragon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon">Ferdinand</A>, the <A title="Aragon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragon">Aragonese</A> claimant to the throne of Naples, his next important act was to convene a congress of the representatives of Christian princes at <A title="Mantua" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua">Mantua</A> for joint action against the <A title="Ottoman Turks" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Turks">Turks</A>. On September 26, <A title="1459" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1459">1459</A>, he called for a new crusade against the Ottomans and on January 14, <A title="1460" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1460">1460</A>, he proclaimed the official crusade that was to last for three years.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302">The Pope did, however, influence <A title="Vlad III Dracula" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_Dracula">Vlad III Dracula</A>—whom the Pope held in high regard—in starting a war against <A title="Mehmed II" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II">Mehmed II</A><SUP class="reference" id="_ref-0"><A title="" href="#_note-0">[1]</A></SUP>—a conflict which at its peak involved the <A title="Wallachians" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachians">Wallachians</A> trying to assassinate the Sultan (see the <A title="Night Attack" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Attack">Night Attack</A>).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302">Pius II was also the author of numerous erotic poems and an obscene comedy titled <I>Chrysis</I> (such ethics were not unusual for his period).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Pius_II&oldid=169102302">Pius II tried also mediations in the <A title="Thirteen Years' War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Years%27_War">Thirteen Years' War</A> between <A title="Poland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland">Poland</A> and the <A title="Teutonic Knights" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Knights">Teutonic Knights</A>, but, when he failed to achieve success, cast an <A title="Anathema" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathema">anathema</A> over Polish and Prussians both.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E1F3E8D1-8A96-4149-B124-C3F6B9590206/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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