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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: 1439 births, 1439 deaths, 1439 disestablishments, 1439 elections, 1439 establishments, 1439 in Europe, Conflicts in 1439, Pope Pius III, Albert II of Germany, Battle of Grotniki, Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, Ambrose the Camaldulian, Council of Florence, Hua Sui, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Miracle of the Moose, Jan I of aga, Duke of Teck, Sh Hashi, John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margaret of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol, Ashikaga Mochiuji, Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, Joan of Portugal, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, Bernardine of Feltre, Francesco di Giorgio, List of state leaders in 1439, Frederick IV, Duke of Austria, Cosimo Rosselli, Konrad V Kantner, Beatrice, Countess of Arundel, Maria of Trebizond, Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople, Ngagi Wangpo, Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Sidi El Houari, Jacopo Caldora, Heinrich von Ahaus, Spytek of Melsztyn, John Cottesmore, John Grey, Ludwig II, Count of Wurttemberg-Urach, Jacobello del Fiore, Tattershall College, Jan I of Opole, Lukas Fugger, Pietro Loredan, Henry Balme, K i an of Prachatice, Carlo II Manfredi, Cathal Og Mac Maghnusa, Olivuccio di Ciccarello, Kuj Masatada. Excerpt: The Council of Florence (originally Council of Basel) was an Ecumenical Council of bishops and other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. It began in 1431 in Basel, Switzerland, and became known as the Council of Ferrara after its transfer to Ferrara was decreed by Pope Eugene IV, to convene in 1438. The council transferred to Florence in 1439 because of the danger of plague at Ferrara, and because the city of Florence had agreed, against future payment, to finance the Council. The initial location at Basel reflected the desire among parties seeking reform to meet outside the territories of the Papac...
