This lively, first-hand narrative of the turning-point in the affairs of the Council of Basle was written by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II) during his unregenerate conciliar period. It provides us with an important account of the personalities and principles involved in the election of the anti-pope Felix V. Originally published in 1967, this volume offers the first critical edition and English translation of this work. Unavailable in recent years, it has now been revised by Denys Hay and re-issued by Oxford University Press.

Denys Hay is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Bibliography and abbreviations


• Commentarii de Gestis Concilii Basiliensis


• 3: Book I


• 4: Book II


• Index of quotations and allusions


• Index of names and subjects