The Battle for Central Europe : The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnificent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566)

In The Battle for Central Europe the best specialists of the respective fields give a comprehensive overview of the Ottoman-Habsburg imperial rivalry in Central Europe in the age of Süleyman the Magnificent. Contents Preface Introduction Part 1: The Empire of Süleyman the Magnifijicent Ottoman Politics in the Reign of Sultan Süleyman: Government, Internal Politics and Imperial Expansion Transformation of the Ottoman Empire into a Military-Fiscal State: Reconsidering the Financing of War from a Global Perspective State and Religion, “Sunnitization” and “Confessionalism” in Süleyman’s Time Law and Legislation under Süleyman I The Aesthetics of Empire: Arts, Politics and Commerce in the Construction of Sultan Süleyman’s Magnifijicence Part 2: The Empires of Charles V and Ferdinand I of Habsburg Habsburg Dynastic Politics and Empire Building during Charles V’s Reign The Central European Habsburg Monarchy in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century – Elements of Cohesion and Division Camerale, Contributionale, Creditors and Crisis: The Finances of the Habsburg Empire from the Battle of Mohács to the Thirty Year’s War “Clash” or “Go-between”? Habsburg–Ottoman Relations in the Age of Süleyman (1520–1566) Intangible Cultural Exchanges: Christendom’s Eastern Frontier as Seen by Philip II’s Ambassador Chantonnay (1566) Part 3: The Hungarian Theatre of War in the Age of Süleyman the Magnifijicent The Ottoman Conquest in Hungary: Decisive Events (Belgrade 1521, Mohács 1526, Vienna 1529, Buda 1541) and Results The Ottoman Conquest and Establishment in Croatia and Slavonia Ottoman and Habsburg Military Afffairs in the Age of Süleyman the Magnifijicent Ottoman Defence System in Hungary Hungary, Vienna and the Defence System against the Ottomans in the Age of Süleyman Part 4: The Siege of Szigetvár – the Death of Süleyman and Zrínyi The Hungarian Frontier and Süleyman’s Way to Szigetvár according to Ottoman Sources Tokaj, 1565: A Habsburg Prize of War, and an Ottoman Casus Belli Miklós Zrínyi, Captain-General of Szigetvár (1561–1566) – His Organisational Activity and Death The Sieges of Szigetvár and Gyula, 1566 Sigetvarname: A Visual Source of Sultan Süleyman’s Last Campaign On Süleyman the Magnifijicent’s Death and Burials Part 5: Remembering the Battle for Szigetvár, Süleyman and Zrínyi and the Search for the Lost Türbe of the Sultan The Memory of the 1566 Siege of Sziget and of Miklós Zrínyi in Hungarian Literary Tradition The Entangled Memory of the Battle of Sziget (1566) in Early Modern Europe The Memory of Nicholas IV of Zrin and the Battle of Szigetvár in Croatia and the Balkans The Memory of Szigetvár and Sultan Süleyman in Ottoman/Turkish Culture The Pilgrimage Town (Türbe Kasabası) of Sultan Süleyman at Szigetvár Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical Names 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 also the wider context of the imperial rivalry and the empire buildings of the competing great powers of that age. Contributors include Gábor Ágoston, János B. Szabó, Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik, Günhan Börekçi, Feridun M. Emecen, Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra, István Fazekas, Pál Fodor, Klára Hegyi, Colin Imber, Damir Karbić, József Kelenik, Zoltán Korpás, Tijana Krstić, Nenad Moačanin, Gülru Neci̇poğlu, Erol Özvar, Géza Pálffy, Norbert Pap, Peter Rauscher, Claudia Römer, Arno Strohmeyer, Zeynep Tarım, James D. Tracy, Gábor Tüskés, Szabolcs Varga, Nicolas Vatin. 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 also the wider context of the imperial rivalry and the empire buildings of the competing great powers of that age. Contributors include Gbor goston, Jnos B. Szab, Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik, Gnhan Breki, Feridun M. Emecen, Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra, Istvn Fazekas, Pl Fodor, Klra Hegyi, Colin Imber, Damir Karbic, Jzsef Kelenik, Zoltn Korps, Tijana Krstic, Nenad Moaanin, Glru Necipolu, Erol zvar, Gza Plffy, Norbert Pap, Peter Rauscher, Claudia Rmer, Arno Strohmeyer, Zeynep Tarm, James D. Tracy, Gbor Tsks, Szabolcs Varga, Nicolas Vatin. "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 also the wider context of the imperial rivalry and the empire buildings of the competing great powers of that age."--Provided by publisher