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Author:   John Jefferson
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   76
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9789004219045

ISBN 10:   9004219048
Pages:   514
Publication Date:   17 August 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Maps and Tables . . . xi Acknowledgements . . . xiii Introduction . . . 1 The Final Charge . . . 1 The Historiography of the Conflict . . . 8 Purpose and Scope . . . 16 PART ONE: THE CONFLICT TO 1440 AND ITS CONTEXT 1. The Church, the Council and the Crusade . . . 25 Defining Crusade . . . 25 Eugene IV, Cardinal Cesarini and the Council of Basel . . . 28 The Contest to Achieve Union . . . 38 The Crusade Project at the Council of Florence . . . 55 2. The Reign of Murad II and Renewed Ottoman Expansion . . . 69 The Reign of Murad II . . . 70 The Ottoman Porte at the Time of Murad II . . . 76 The Kul/Slave Institution . . . 82 The Timar System and the Provincial Government . . . 94 The Marcher Lords . . . 96 The Transition in Ottoman Expansionist Policy . . . 102 Ottoman Relations with Karaman . . . 111 3. Three Kings of Hungary-Sigismund, Albert and Wladislas . . . 119 Familiaritas-The Lord and His Retinue . . . 119 Sigismund of Luxembourg . . . 130 The Ottoman-Hungarian Conflict to 1437 . . . 134 The Bufffer States . . . 139 Serbia . . . 140 Wallachia . . . 142 Bosnia . . . 143 The Raid on Krusevac . . . 144 Albert II, the Bohemian Wars, and the Politicization of the Ottoman Threat . . . 146 The Ottoman Campaigns of 1438-39 . . . 157 The Election of Wladislas . . . 168 PART TWO: THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1440-1444 4. Strategy, Tactics and Order of Battle . . . 181 Ottoman Order of Battle . . . 181 The Timarli Sipahis or Provincial Landed Cavalry . . . 183 Slaves of the Porte . . . 188 Enlisted Troops . . . 193 Mobilization . . . 199 Christian Forces . . . 200 Tactics . . . 209 Intelligence and Reconnaissance . . . 216 The Crusader Fleet . . . 222 Gunpowder . . . 227 Siege Warfare . . . 230 5. The Rise of Hunyadi, 1440-1442 . . . 235 The 1440 Siege of Belgrade . . . 235 The Hungarian Civil War . . . 246 The Rise of Hunyadi . . . 255 Hungarian Civil War-Phase Two . . . 259 The Church and the Crusade-1442 . . . 263 Attempts to End the Hungarian Civil War . . . 272 The Turkish Wars of 1442 . . . 279 Sehabeddin's Defeat . . . 286 6. The Long March . . . 295 The Church and the Crusade-1443 . . . 295 Political Developments in Hungary . . . 306 The Revolt of Ibrahim Bey . . . 309 Preparations for the Crusade . . . 315 The Battles of Nish and Aleksinac . . . 323 The Ottoman Mobilization . . . 334 The Battle at Zlatitsa Pass . . . 340 The March Home . . . 348 7. The Crusade of 1444 . . . 357 After the Long March . . . 357 Wladislas' Position in Hungary . . . 367 Ibrahim Bey's Insurrection . . . 371 Proponents of Peace . . . 377 Advocates of War . . . 381 Fleet Preparations . . . 393 The Attack on Ibrahim Bey and Murad's Abdication . . . 398 The Ratifijication of the Peace Treaty . . . 406 Operations Begin . . . 422 The First Weeks of the Campaign . . . 426 The Crossing of the Straits . . . 432 The Land Expedition Continues . . . 443 The Battle of Varna . . . 455 Phase One . . . 460 Phase Two . . . 464 Phase Three . . . 467 Aftermath . . . 482 Summary and Conclusion . . . 489 Bibliography . . . 497 Index . . . 505

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...Relying on his extensive knowledge of a number of foreign languages, successfully combining the various and diverse available sources, John Jefferson has managed to produce the most comprehensive account of events regarding the Ottoman-Christian conflict between 1438 and 1444 to date. His book will certainly represent essential reading for anyone interested in the research of Ottoman expansion during the 15th century, and it will surely come to be considered as the standard work for the study of the Long Campaign and the Battle of Varna. Because of the way in which it is structured and how the arguments and the story in it are presented, the book will be of interest not only to specialists, who will find a wealth of new material in it, but also to the more casual reader seeking to understand the broader context of the conflict between the Ottomans and Christians in the Late Middle Ages. Emir O. Filipovic, Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju (Contributions to Oriental Philology), Vol. 63, Sarajevo, 2014

...Relying on his extensive knowledge of a number of foreign languages, successfully combining the various and diverse available sources, John Jefferson has managed to produce the most comprehensive account of events regarding the Ottoman-Christian conflict between 1438 and 1444 to date. His book will certainly represent essential reading for anyone interested in the research of Ottoman expansion during the 15th century, and it will surely come to be considered as the standard work for the study of the Long Campaign and the Battle of Varna. Because of the way in which it is structured and how the arguments and the story in it are presented, the book will be of interest not only to specialists, who will find a wealth of new material in it, but also to the more casual reader seeking to understand the broader context of the conflict between the Ottomans and Christians in the Late Middle Ages. Emir O. Filipovic, Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju (Contributions to Oriental Philology), Vol. 63, Sarajevo, 2014

Author Information

John Jefferson received his M.A. from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (2002), and his Ph.D. from Mainz University (2011) where he is a guest lecturer. He works as a consultant and translator in several languages, including Polish, Arabic and Turkish.

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