Dracula, a fine ally of the Pope
Manto, 1459. Pope Pius II brought together the representatives of the Christian countries in the Council to organize a new crusade against the Turks who continued to make progress since Constantinople took office. But, with exceptions, the European leaders did not listen to the call, which was involved in their own hostilities. One of the two exceptions was Hungarian King Mattias Corvinus and the other Prince Vlad II of Valaquia, also known as the exalter, most known since Bram Stoker created the character of Dracula in 1897.
Both leaders were very close to the Turks and, therefore, they were the ones who had the greatest interest in the Pope’s proposal moving forward. They decided to make a Pius II.arekin and the Pope gave them 40,000 ducts to form an army that would stop the Turks and give them permission to join them. Encouraged by the Pope’s economic support, Vladen decided not to pay the tax that Sultan Mehmed II required as a gesture of submission – 500 men for the army of 10,000 ducts and genizares-. Unable to accept contempt, the Sultan ordered Vlad to be killed. To this end, Turkish General Hazma Bey asked to meet with the prince of Valencia on the pretext of agreeing the conditions for a new agreement with Turkey. Vlade knew that this meeting was a trap, went ahead of his enemies and spurred all the members of the Turkish delegation. Without informing the Pope and the Hungarian allies of his intentions, the prince crossed the Danube River and attacked the Ottoman army. About 20,000 soldiers were trampled to death, forming a huge forest of sticks and bodies.
Through the words of his representative, Nicola di Modrussa, the Pope was aware of the acts of Vladé: “Some of them were crushed under the wheels of the chariots, others were naked and skinned, others were burned to the brasa, most of them were shot dead, the lumps got into the anus and, after passing through the viscera, they came out of their mouth.”
When the spiritual leader of the Christian heard of these horrors against Christian morality, he did nothing. In short, the political objectives, the tracing of the Ottomans, and the nightmare sketch of dead bodies was an effective psychological weapon against the unbelievers.
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