43.1 Battle of Mohacs 1526 Background

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

History

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🗓️ 30 March 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1500's. Conquest of the Balkans and Mamluk-controlled Egypt, and rivalry with Shia Persia. Also, the story of the kingdom of Hungary in the same period, leading up to the Battle of Mohacs 1526. Pictured - the coat of arms of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary 1458-1490

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1:06.5	the Battle of Mohatch of 1526 between the Ottoman Turks and a Christian alliance.
1:13.6	Part 1 of 2.
1:15.6	In the early 1500s, the rulers of Europe were, on the whole, more confident than they had ever been.
1:33.3	There were many reasons, among them conquests and distant lands overseas, a flourishing economy, and great leaps in military technology.
1:42.3	Yet there was one dark shadow that hung over the continent,
1:47.0	the Ottoman Turks. In eyes of most Christians, the Turks were a nation of brutal and bloodthirsty barbarians
1:54.0	who threatened the very existence of Christendom. Ever since the days of the Battle of Menzika in 1071, Europeans had been aware of the danger of the Turks.
2:06.6	At first it seemed a peripheral problem, only directly affecting Byzantium and the Eastern Mediterranean.
2:13.6	But as the Turks gained victory after victory, the threat came ever closer and ever more real to Central and Western Europe.
2:21.3	Through centuries of warfare and skillfully dividing their enemies, they had conquered peace by peace, much of the Balkans and the Byzantine Empire.
2:30.3	In 3096, they inflicted a crippling blow on the Kingdom of Serbia at the Battle of Kosovo
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