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Empire and Holy War in the Mediterranean: The Galley and Maritime Conflict Between the Habsburgs and Ottomans

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#410485-XU7
Titel	Empire and Holy War in the Mediterranean: The Galley and Maritime Conflict Between the Habsburgs and Ottomans
Auteur	Williams, Phillip
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London/New York : I.B. Tauris
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	1784533750
ISBN13	9781784533755
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In the century after 1530 the Habsburgs of Spain and the Ottoman Turks fought a maritime war that seemed destined to lead nowhere. Lasting peace was as unlikely as final triumph, in part because the principal beneficiaries of the fighting were pirates or corsairs based in ports such as Malta and Algiers. It was also a war of unequal means, since the Habsburgs had too few good warships and the Ottomans too many bad ones. Phillip Williams here provides a detailed examination of the oared warships used in the fighting, the structures of political and military organization, the role of geography and the environment and the respective claims to be defending Christendom and Islam advanced by Habsburg rulers such as Charles V and Philip II and the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. Providin... (Lees verder)g a unique perspective on early modern maritime conflict, this book will be essential reading for all students and researchers of Mediterranean History and the early modern world."
Pagina's	359
Conditie	Goed — Crease in spine.
Prijs	€ 25,00

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