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Aftermath of the Council of Florence

Type Event Region Italy Time 1440–1449

After the 1439 union declaration, Italy and Eastern Europe continued digesting its political and religious consequences through the 1440s;…

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  1. 1440–1442Constantinople · ByzantineAfter the Byzantine delegation returned from Florence, the church and people of Constantinople strongly opposed the union declaration; anti-unionists such as Mark of Ephesus refused to recognize the union, and cracks within the Eastern Church became public.
  2. 1443–1447Florence · ItalyAs host of the council, Florence's Medici regime and humanist scholars continued to publicize its results; under Eugene IV and Nicholas V the curia sought to maintain its diplomatic commitment to the union declaration, but Western military aid to Byzantium remained severely inadequate.
  3. 1448–1449Italian Peninsula · ItalyBy the late 1440s the East broadly rejected the Florentine union, the curia turned its attention to ending the Western schism and the Ottoman threat, and the church union achieved by the Council of Florence had in fact failed.

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