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From Nicopolis to Mohács
In From Nicopolis to Mohács, Tamás Pálosfalvi offers an account of Ottoman-Hungarian warfare from its start in the late fourteenth century to the battle of Mohács in 1526. During this period of one century and a half, the Kingdom of Hungary was the most constant and strongest rival of the expanding Ottoman Empire in Europe, and as such waged constant warfare in defence of its borders. Based on the extensive use of hitherto unexplored source material, Pálosfalvi not only offers a sound chronology of military events, but also a description of Hungarian military structures and their transformation under constant Ottoman pressure, as well as an analysis of the reasons that lay behind the military breakdown of Hungary in the third decade of the sixteenth century.
The Rise & Fall of the Mounted Knight
The medieval mounted knight was a fearsome weapon of war, captivating and horrifying in equal measure, they are a continuing source of fascination. They have been both held up as a paragon of chivalry, whilst often being condemned as oppressive and violent. Occupying a unique place in history, knights on their warhorses are an enigma hidden behind their metal armor, and seemingly unreachable on their steeds. This book seeks to understand the world of the medieval knight by studying their origins, their accomplishments and their eventual decline. Forged in the death throes of the Roman Empire, the mounted knight found a place in a harsh and dangerous world where their skills and mentality car...
German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650
This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations, both Protestant and Catholic. It argues that the character of the political changes (dispersed sovereignty, local autonomy) prevented both a general reformation of the Church before 1520 and a national reformation thereafter. The resulting settlement maintained the public peace through politically structured religious communities (confessions), thereby avoiding further religious strife and fixing the confessions into the Empire's constitution. The Germans' emergence into the modern era as a people having two national religions was the reformation's principal legacy to modern Germany.
Authority and Identity
This is a history of Europe unlike any other: a theory-informed history of its language use. The 'rise' and 'fall' of languages are recounted, along with an analysis of why periods of linguistic diversity are followed by hegemony. How did the sociolinguistic past differ from the sociolinguistic present?
War on the Eve of Nations
In War on the Eve of Nations: Conflicts and Militaries in Eastern Europe, 1450–1500, Vladimir Shirogorov examines how Eastern European armed forces produced critical geopolitical changes in the region. Analyzing the interactions between changes in warfare and the nation-building process, Shirogorov focuses on developments regarding the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Muscovy, Sweden, the Kazan Khanate, and Ottoman Turkey.
Bir Haçlının Rüyası ;Philippe De Mezires ve Haçlılar
Haçlı seferleri neydi ve nelere yol açmıştı? gibi sorular her zaman kafamızı meşgul eder. Çünkü bazen anlamlı bazen de anlamsız olan pek çok olguyu içinde barındır. Genel olarak Haçlı seferlerinin en büyük motivasyon kaynağı, Doğu topraklarında başarı elde edebilmekti. Tam da bu noktada Akka’nın fethi, bazı Hristiyanlar için bir son değil, aslında yeni bir başlangıç olarak görülüyordu. Bu amaçla çeşitli Haçlı seferi projeleri tasarlanmaya başlanmıştı. Kutsal Toprakları kurtarma fikrinden yola çıkan ve çabalayan son hevesli temsilcilerden biri de Philippe de Mézières olup bu ideali için son bir girişimde bulunmaya karar vermişti. Ama ...
Slavic Review
"American quarterly of Soviet and East European studies" (varies).
From Nicopolis to Mohács
In From Nicopolis to Mohács, Tamás Pálosfalvi offers an account of Ottoman-Hungarian warfare from its start in the late fourteenth century to the battle of Mohács in 1526.
Королевство Русь. Древняя Русь глазами западных историков
Первая часть книги – это анализ новейшей англо-американской литературы по проблемам древнерусской государственности середины IX— начала XII в., которая мало известна не только широкому российскому читателю, но и специалистам в этой области, т. к. никогда не издавалась в России. Российским историком А. В. Федосовым рассмотрены наиболее заметные работы англо-американских авторов, в...
The Realm of St Stephen
Now recognised as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pál Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the development of the dominant Magyars who, upon inheriting an almost empty land, absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original communities had largely disappeared. Engel's book is an accessible and highly readable history. 'This is now the standard English language treatment of medieval Hungary - its internal history as well as its regional and European significance.' --- P W Knoll, University of Southern Carolina (From 'Choice') 'A lively and highly readable narrative ' --- Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona (From 'Mediaevistik')
