Editing Pope Pius II (section)

==Bibliography==
*Ady, Cecilia M. (1913). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4RotAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 Pius II (Æneas Silvius Piccolomini) the Humanist Pope.]'' London: Methuen, 1913. 
*Baldi, Barbara (2012). ''Il 'cardinale tedesco'. Enea Silvio Piccolomini fra impero, papato, Europa, (1442–1455).'' {{in lang|it}}.  Milano: UNICOPLI 2012.
* Bisaha, Nancy (ed.); Brown, Robert (tr.) (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=z4lvAgAAQBAJ ''Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Europe (c. 1400–1458).''] Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2013. 
*Boulting, William (1908). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_bRIxVRZlaAC&pg=PA1 Æneas Silvius (Enea Silvio De' Piccolomini – Pius II.): Orator, Man of Letters, Statesman, and Pope].'' London: A. Constable and Company, 1908. 
* {{cite book|first=Mandell  | last=Creighton | title= A History of the Papacy during the period of the Reformation|volume= II|location= Boston |publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1882|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PfdJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA235}}. pp.&nbsp;235–260, 365–500.
* Garnett, Richard (1911). "Pius II," in: [https://books.google.com/books?id=PH-LkpPhHYoC&pg=PA683 ''The Encyclopædia Britannica.''] 11th edition, Vol. 21 (Cambridge University Press 1911), pp.&nbsp;683–684.
*Gragg, Florence Alden (translator); Gabel, Leona Christine (contributor) (1937). [https://books.google.com/books?id=0vTSAAAAMAAJ ''The Commentaries of Pius II.''] Northampton. Mass.: Smith College Department of History 1937. (Smith College Studies in History, Volume 22, nos. 1–2).
* {{cite book | first=Thomas | last=Izbicki |author2=Gerald Christianson |author3=Philip Krey |author3-link=Philip Krey | title=Reject Aeneas, Accept Pius: Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II | publisher=[[Catholic University of America Press]] | year=2006 |isbn= 978-0-8132-1442-9}}.
* Leaños, Jaime (2011). "Opportunism or Self Awareness: The Misunderstood Persona of Pope Pius II," in: ''Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum'' Vol. V (Lieda Spain: University de Lieda 2011), pp.&nbsp;243–263.
*Mitchell, Rosamond Joscelyne (1962). ''The Laurels and the Tiara: Pope Pius II, 1458–1464.'' London: Harvill Press, 1962.
* {{cite book|first=Emily |last=O'Brien|year=2015|title=The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458–1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy|publisher=[[The University of Toronto Press]]|isbn=978-1442647633}}.
* Pastor, Ludwig (1894). [https://books.google.com/books?id=KdhPmvJrV_8C&pg=PA1 ''The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources.''] Volume 3 London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner 1894.
*Pellegrini, Marco. (2015). [https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/papa-pio-ii_(Dizionario-Biografico)/  "PIO II, papa,"] {{in lang|it}}, in: ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' Volume 83 (2015).
* {{Cite journal|last=Andrić|first=Stanko|title=Saint John Capistran and Despot George Branković: An Impossible Compromise|journal=Byzantinoslavica|year=2016|volume=74|issue=1–2|pages=202–227|url=https://www.academia.edu/34480630}}

===Works of Aeneas Sylvius===

*Morrall, Eric J. (1988). [https://books.google.com/books?id=8N8gH0f6-YAC ''Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pius II) and Niklas von Wyle. The Tale of Two Lovers: Eurialus and Lucretia''] Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1988. 
* Pius II, {{Google books|OcgHMjqRsCEC|Commentarii rerum memorabilium '' (1584)''}} (first edition).
* Pius II. [https://books.google.com/books?id=l-HjYkc_ZtsC&pg=PR1 ''Pius II. Pont. Max. a calumniis vindicatus ternis retractationibus eius quibus dicta et scripta pro concilio Basileensi contra Eugenium PP. IV. eiuravit.''] ed. Carolus Fea. Romae: Franciscus Bourlié 1823.
* Pius II. ''Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomineus, qui postea Pius II. P. M., [https://books.google.com/books?id=PdnjdeL6CQgC De viris illustribus].'' {{in lang|la}}. Stuttgart: Sumtibus Societatis literariæ stuttgardiensis, 1842. 
* Pius II, ''Pii Pont. Max. [https://books.google.com/books?id=52EKGK_7NQQC&pg=PA2 Decadum Blondi epitome], qua omnis ab inclinato Romanorum imperio historia, quae coepit fere anno Christi quadringentesimoseptimo, per mille & amplius annos, miro compendio, citra obscuritatem tamen, complectitur.'' {{in lang|la}} Basel: Apud Ioannem Bebelium, 1533.
* Pius II. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9D_O4bBEcioC&pg=PT1 ''Epistolae in pontificatu editae.''] {{in lang|la}}. Mediolani: Antonius Zarotus, 1473.
* Pius II. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-8Z2F4ibscIC ''Epistulae in cardinalatu editae.''] {{in lang|la}}. Romae: Johann Schurener, 1475.
* Pius II, ''Aeneae Syluij Piccolominei Senensis, qui post adeptum pontificatum Pius eius nominis secundus appellatus est, [https://books.google.com/books?id=3E3DX4az26sC Opera quae extant omnia], nunc demum post corruptissimas editiones summa diligentia castigata & in unum corpus redacta, quorum elenchum uersa pagella indicabit: his quoque accessit gnomologia ex omnibus Syluij operibus collecta.'' Basel: Per Henrichum Petri, 1551.
*Pius II. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vf80feWv22sC ''Aeneae Sylvii De Picolominibus episcopi Tergestini De rebus Basileae gestis stante vel dissoluto concilio commentarius primitus e bibliotheca Vaticana in lucem editus praeposito proemio, subjectis adnotationibus cura Michaelis Catalani canonici Ecclesiae Firmanae.''] {{in lang|la}}. Fermo: apud Jos. Alexandrum Paccasassium, 1803.
*Heck, A. van (1994). ''Eneae Silviae Piccolominei "Carmina".'' (Città del Vaticano 1994). [Studi e testi, 364].
*{{cite book|editor=Tomassetti, Luigi |title=Bullarum, diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum romanorum pontificum taurinensis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DklEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA145|volume=5 (Tomus V)|year=1860|publisher=Seb. Franco et Henrico Dalmazzo editoribus|location=Turin|language=Latin|pages=145–182}} [bulls of Pius II]
*Wolkan, Rudolf (ed.) (1909). [https://books.google.com/books?id=kRE3AQAAMAAJ&pg=frontcover ''Der Briefwechsel des Eneas Silvius Piccolomini.''] I. Abteilung: Briefe aus der Laienzeit (1431–1445). I. Band: Privatbriefe. {{in lang|de|la}}. [Fontes Rerum Austriacarum, Volume 61] Wien: A. Hölder, 1909.
*Wolkan, Rudolf (ed.) (1909b).  [https://books.google.com/books?id=ypIwAQAAMAAJ&pg=frontcover ''Der Briefwechsel des Eneas Silvius Piccolomini.''] I. Abteilung: Briefe aus der Laienzeit (1431–1445). II. Band: Amtliche Briefe. {{in lang|de|la}}. [Fontes Rerum Austriacarum, Volume 62] Wien: A. Hölder, 1909.

===For further reading===
* [[Charles A. Coulombe|Coulombe. Charles A.]], ''Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes'', Citadel Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-8065-2370-0}}
* Creighton, Mandell (1902). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IlJLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA55 ''Historical Essays and Reviews''.] London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1902. "Aeneas Silvius," pp.&nbsp;55–106.
* Earle, Thomas Foster; Lowe K.J.P (editors) (2005). ''Black Africans in Renaissance Europe''. Cambridge University Press, 2005 {{ISBN|0-521-81582-7}}.
*Gregorovius, Ferdinand (1900). [https://books.google.com/books?id=P1MZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160 ''History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages'']. Volume 7, Part 1 London: G. Bell, 1900. pp.&nbsp;160–217.  [critical of Pius II]
* {{cite book|first=Margaret |last=Meserve |author2=Marcello Simonetta |orig-date=2003|year= 2007|title=Pius II: Commentaries|publisher=[[The I Tatti Renaissance Library]]|isbn=978-0-674-01164-9}} 3 vols.
* [[John Julius Norwich|Norwich, John Julius]], ''Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy'', Random House, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6715-2}}