The battle for central europe : the siege of szigetvar and the death of suleyman the magnificent and nicholas zrinyi (1566) /

In The Battle for Central Europe specialists in sixteenth-century Ottoman, Habsburg and Hungarian history provide the most comprehensive picture possible of a battle that determined the fate of Central Europe for centuries. Not only the siege and the death of its main protagonists are discussed, but...

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Main Author: Fodor, Pal.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2019.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341.

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Call Number: DB999.S94 B288 2019

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Pál Fodor
  • Introduction /
  • Pál Fodor
  • Ottoman Politics in the Reign of Sultan Süleyman: Government, Internal Politics and Imperial Expansion /
  • Feridun M. Emecen
  • Transformation of the Ottoman Empire into a Military-Fiscal State: Reconsidering the Financing of War from a Global Perspective /
  • Erol Özvar
  • State and Religion, "Sunnitization" and "Confessionalism" in Süleyman's Time /
  • Tijana Krstić
  • Law and Legislation under Süleyman I /
  • Colin Imber
  • The Aesthetics of Empire: Arts, Politics and Commerce in the Construction of Sultan Süleyman's Magnifijicence /
  • Gülru Neci̇poğlu
  • Habsburg Dynastic Politics and Empire Building during Charles V's Reign /
  • Zoltán Korpás
  • The Central European Habsburg Monarchy in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century - Elements of Cohesion and Division /
  • István Fazekas
  • Camerale, Contributionale, Creditors and Crisis: The Finances of the Habsburg Empire from the Battle of Mohács to the Thirty Year's War /
  • Peter Rauscher
  • "Clash" or "Go-between"? Habsburg-Ottoman Relations in the Age of Süleyman (1520-1566) /
  • Arno Strohmeyer
  • Intangible Cultural Exchanges: Christendom's Eastern Frontier as Seen by Philip II's Ambassador Chantonnay (1566) /
  • Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra
  • The Ottoman Conquest in Hungary: Decisive Events (Belgrade 1521, Mohács 1526, Vienna 1529, Buda 1541) and Results /
  • János B. Szabó
  • The Ottoman Conquest and Establishment in Croatia and Slavonia /
  • Nenad Moačanin
  • Ottoman and Habsburg Military Afffairs in the Age of Süleyman the Magnifijicent /
  • Gábor Ágoston
  • Ottoman Defence System in Hungary /
  • Klára Hegyi
  • Hungary, Vienna and the Defence System against the Ottomans in the Age of Süleyman /
  • Géza Pálfffy
  • The Hungarian Frontier and Süleyman's Way to Szigetvár according to Ottoman Sources /
  • Claudia Römer and Nicolas Vatin
  • Tokaj, 1565: A Habsburg Prize of War, and an Ottoman Casus Belli /
  • James D. Tracy
  • Miklós Zrínyi, Captain-General of Szigetvár (1561-1566) - His Organisational Activity and Death /
  • Szabolcs Varga
  • The Sieges of Szigetvár and Gyula, 1566 /
  • József Kelenik
  • Sigetvarname: A Visual Source of Sultan Süleyman's Last Campaign /
  • Zeynep Tarım
  • On Süleyman the Magnifijicent's Death and Burials /
  • Nicolas Vatin
  • The Memory of the 1566 Siege of Sziget and of Miklós Zrínyi in Hungarian Literary Tradition /
  • Gábor Tüskés
  • The Entangled Memory of the Battle of Sziget (1566) in Early Modern Europe /
  • Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik
  • The Memory of Nicholas IV of Zrin and the Battle of Szigetvár in Croatia and the Balkans /
  • Damir Karbić
  • The Memory of Szigetvár and Sultan Süleyman in Ottoman/Turkish Culture /
  • Günhan Börekçi
  • The Pilgrimage Town (Türbe Kasabası) of Sultan Süleyman at Szigetvár /
  • Norbert Pap
  • Index of Personal Names /
  • Pál Fodor
  • Index of Geographical Names /
  • Pál Fodor.