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Author Tracy, James D

Title Balkan wars : Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia, 1499-1617 / James D. Tracy
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

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Contents Prologue: Ottoman expansion in the Balkans, 1453-1499 -- Hungary and Venice defeated, 1499-1526 -- Ottoman advances in Slavonia, Croatia, and Dalmatia, 1527-1542 -- Diplomacy and Kleinkrieg, 1542-1556 -- War by consultation vs. war by command, 1556-1576 -- War in a time of peace, 1576-1593 -- Two wars and three borders, 1593-1618 -- Conclusion
Summary This history of the western Balkans in the 16th century brings together rich primary research and a masterful synthesis of key work on Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia. Tracy offers the first clear assessment of how Austria and Venice, despite their mutual hostility, managed to hold back a seemingly unstoppable Turkish march
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Borderlands -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
Borderlands
SUBJECT Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 16th century
Croatia -- History -- 1527-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034165
Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History -- 1463-1878. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015910
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802
Subject Balkan Peninsula
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Europe
Turkey
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016022198
ISBN 9781442213609
1442213604