title: The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the Fifteenth Century, by Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea
abstract: The recent growth in studies of crusading in the later Middle Ages, with a very few, notable, exceptions, have tended to reflect the perspectives of western Europe: the papacy, Venice, the major powers of France or in Germany, Italian humanists. The function of the crusade as a religious and political institution has been assayed with regard to traditional notions of popular idealism or practical sincerity. Eastern European frontline regions in the conflict with the Ottomans have been discussed 
journal: The English Historical Review