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People: Poul Schlüter
Topic: Croatian War of Independence

Constantinople’s Emperor John VIII Palailogos, who has …

Years: 1437 - 1437

Constantinople’s Emperor John VIII Palailogos, who has already traveled to Venice and Hungary in search of help, is prepared to reopen negotiations for the union of the churches as a means of stirring the conscience of Western Christendom.

His father Manuel II had been skeptical about the benefits of such a policy, knowing that it would antagonize most of his own people and arouse the suspicion of the Turks.