By the second half of the 14th century, the once mighty Byzantine Empire had been reduced to little more than the city of Constantinople. In 1391, the Ottoman ruler Sultan Bayazid I 'The Lightning' besieged the city. Pope Boniface IX preached a crusade and a French-led army of 10,000 marched east. At Nicopolis they met the Ottoman army in battle. Ignoring the advice of their Hungarian and Transylvanian allies, the Crusaders charged the Turks and were in turn smashed by the Ottoman heavy cavalry. The last Crusade ended on the banks of the Danube as the Crusaders desperately sought to escape from the pursuing Turks.
Osprey Campaign 64 - Nicopolis 1396 The Last Crusade
Издательство: Osprey
Author: David Nicolle
Illustrator: Christa Hook
Год издания: October 1999
Страниц: 96 pages
ISBN: 9781855329188
Язык: english
Формат: PDF - rar
Размер: 32.9 mb
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