The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnificent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566)

The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnifijicent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566)
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: The Empire of Süleyman the Magnifijicent
Ottoman Politics in the Reign of Sultan Süleyman: Government, Internal Politics and Imperial Expansion
Transformation of the Ottoman Empire into a Military-Fiscal State: Reconsidering the Financing of War from a Global Perspective
State and Religion, “Sunnitization” and “Confessionalism” in Süleyman’s Time
Law and Legislation under Süleyman I
The Aesthetics of Empire: Arts, Politics and Commerce in the Construction of Sultan Süleyman’s Magnifijicence
Part 2: The Empires of Charles V and Ferdinand I of Habsburg
Habsburg Dynastic Politics and Empire Building during Charles V’s Reign
The Central European Habsburg Monarchy in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century – Elements of Cohesion and Division
Camerale, Contributionale, Creditors and Crisis: The Finances of the Habsburg Empire from the Battle of Mohács to the Thirty Year’s War
“Clash” or “Go-between”? Habsburg–Ottoman Relations in the Age of Süleyman (1520–1566)
Intangible Cultural Exchanges: Christendom’s Eastern Frontier as Seen by Philip II’s Ambassador Chantonnay (1566)
Part 3: The Hungarian Theatre of War in the Age of Süleyman the Magnifijicent
The Ottoman Conquest in Hungary: Decisive Events (Belgrade 1521, Mohács 1526, Vienna 1529, Buda 1541) and Results
The Ottoman Conquest and Establishment in Croatia and Slavonia
Ottoman and Habsburg Military Afffairs in the Age of Süleyman the Magnifijicent
Ottoman Defence System in Hungary
Hungary, Vienna and the Defence System against the Ottomans in the Age of Süleyman
Part 4: The Siege of Szigetvár – the Death of Süleyman and Zrínyi
The Hungarian Frontier and Süleyman’s Way to Szigetvár according to Ottoman Sources
Tokaj, 1565: A Habsburg Prize of War, and an Ottoman Casus Belli
Miklós Zrínyi, Captain-General of Szigetvár (1561–1566) – His Organisational Activity and Death
The Sieges of Szigetvár and Gyula, 1566
Sigetvarname: A Visual Source of Sultan Süleyman’s Last Campaign
On Süleyman the Magnifijicent’s Death and Burials
Part 5: Remembering the Battle for Szigetvár, Süleyman and Zrínyi and the Search for the Lost Türbe of the Sultan
The Memory of the 1566 Siege of Sziget and of Miklós Zrínyi in Hungarian Literary Tradition
The Entangled Memory of the Battle of Sziget (1566) in Early Modern Europe
The Memory of Nicholas IV of Zrin and the Battle of Szigetvár in Croatia and the Balkans
The Memory of Szigetvár and Sultan Süleyman in Ottoman/Turkish Culture
The Pilgrimage Town (Türbe Kasabası) of Sultan Süleyman at Szigetvár
Index of Personal Names
Index of Geographical Names