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The Fall of Constantinople: How and Why, download (1) Pope John VII…

- - - - But the Pope was angry. Hunyadi's victories and the promise of additional help from Venice made him think they could get rid of the Turks forever and he forced the Crusaders to continue their fight.
        
        The Pope called for a Crusade, in 1440, against Byzantium's enemies after a Danubian fortress had surrendered in 1439 to the Turks.
      - Three Genoese ships, chartered by the Pope April 11, 1453
        
        At a council in September, 1439 in Florence, John "reminded the Pope that he had promised to send at least two warships for the defense of Constantinople by the end of spring, because there were ominous signs that the Sultan was preparing a great offensive."
        
        Nicholas V was willing enough to help. But all that the Pope could send was a Cardinal, a moderate sum of money, and a few hundred soldiers of fortune hastily hired in Italy.
      - The Catholic King of Hungary had advised him that his chances of securing aid from western Christendom would be better if he and his people would swear obedience to the Pope in Rome.
        
        The Pope asked for help, but no one wanted to help
        
        The Pope preached a crusade, and King Sigismund of Hungary led a host of Latin knights into Danubian Bulgaria.
        
        The Hungarians, together with the Serbs under George Brankovich, formed the bulk of the Pope's Crusade in 1441.
        
        The Pope called for a crusade. It was to be led by King Vladislav of Poland and Hungary, while troops recruited by the Pope in the West were commanded by Cardinal Julian Cesarini.
        
        The fleet was to be provided by the Venetians, the Duke of Burgundy and the Pope, and sail to the Black Sea, then up the Danube if necessary to meet the army.