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The Last Crusade of the West
Nicopolis and the Fall of Christian Unity, 1396
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ELC Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36361174
EAN: 9798235799776
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Zustellung: Do, 22.10.2026
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CHF 46.25
Beschreibung
On September 25, 1396, the largest Christian army assembled against the Ottoman Empire in a generation rode into a trap on a hillside above the Danube, and in a single catastrophic afternoon, the crusading age of medieval Europe effectively came to an end. The Last Crusade of the West. tells the full story of Nicopolis: the collapse of Serbia at Kosovo, the slow strangulation of Byzantium, the Genoese and Venetian merchants who financed holy war as a hedge against ruin, and the Burgundian duke who saw in a distant battlefield a chance to make his son's reputation. It follows the French and Burgundian nobility across the Danube to a fortress they could not take, a hostage massacre they could not undo, and a war council where honor overruled the one man who understood the enemy they faced. And it follows the aftermath: the ransom economy that nearly bankrupted a duchy, the propaganda that turned catastrophe into legend, and the one king whose hard-won reforms would hold the frontier for a century. This is a story of chivalry meeting an army built for something entirely different - and of how a single September morning shaped the road to Constantinople, to Mohács, and to the gates of Vienna.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Miguel O'Hanrahan
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 472