Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EuroCult (Cultural exchanges, network and community in early humanist Europe. The case of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini)

EuroCult intends to illuminate the figure of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (1405-1464), who at the end of his life became Pope Pius II. Initially a humble lay secretary to a cardinal during the Council of Basel (1431-1439), he became secretary to the Emperor, bishop, cardinal and...