From Nicopolis to Mohács: A History of Ottoman-Hungarian Warfare, 1389-1526

From Nicopolis to Mohács: A History of Ottoman-Hungarian Warfare, 1389–1526
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Contents
Acknowledgements
A Note on Spelling
Figures and Maps
Maps
Introduction
1 Hungarian Military Organization, 1387-1526
	1	The Inheritance: Political and Territorial Structures
	2	The Angevin Legacy
	3	Sigismund and his Reforms
	4	The Armies of Hunyadi
	5	King Matthias - the Myth of the Black Army
	6	The Jagiellos: Adaptation under Pressure
2 The New Enemy: Hungary and the Ottomans, 1389-1428
	1	The First Contacts between Hungary and the Turks
	2	The Battle of Nicopolis
	3	From Nicopolis to Golubac
	4	The Siege of Golubac
3 From Golubac to Belgrade, 1428-1456
	1	The Last Years of Sigismund
	2 Albert to Wladislas I - Troubled Times
	3	The First Ottoman Wars of Hunyadi, 1441-1443
	4	The War of Illusions: The Long March, 1443-1444
	5	The King's Death: The Varna Campaign
	6	The Last Offensive: The Battle of Kosovo Polje, 1448
	7	On the Defensive: From Kosovo Polje to Belgrade, 1448-1456
	8	The Siege of Belgrade, 1456
4 From Belgrade to Vienna: King Matthias and the Ottomans, 1458-1483
	1	Securing the Borders, 1458-1466
		1.1 Hungary and the Fall of Serbia, 1457–1459
		1.2 Conflicting Views: King Matthias and Mihály Szilágyi, 1459–1460
		1.3 The Return of Mehmed II to the North
		1.4 From Jajce to Zvornik, 1463–1464
		1.5 “Passive Resistance”, 1465–1466
	2	Turning West, 1467-1483
		2.1 The Years of Disengagement, 1467–1475
		2.2 The Siege of Šabac
		2.3 Transylvania, Bosnia, Otranto, 1478–1482
5 The Wars of the "Long Peace", 1483-1520
	1	The Last Years of Matthias
	2	From War to Peace, 1490-1495
	3	A War that Nobody Wanted, 1499-1503
	4	Shifting Alliances, 1508-1511
	5	Under Pressure again, 1511-1513
	6	Towards the Edge of the Abyss, 1514-1520
6 The Collapse, 1521-1526
	1	The Third Siege of Belgrade, 1521
	2	Preparing for the Deluge: After Belgrade, 1522-1525
	3	The Final Countdown, 1525-1526
	4	The Battle of Mohács
7 Conclusion: Why Did Hungary Lose?
	1	The Fall of Medieval Hungary, Part One: The Superiority of Ottoman Military Organization
	2	The Fall of Medieval Hungary, Part Two: Fiscal Breakdown
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Index