Ottoman wars in Europe
Ottoman wars in Europe from the Late Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
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The Ottoman wars in Europe were a series of military conflicts spanning from the Late Middle Ages to the early 20th century.[1] Ottoman expansion into the Balkans was a dominant feature of this era.[1]
Quick Facts
- Earliest conflicts
- Late 13th century
- Entry into europe
- Mid-14th century
- Peak territorial claims
- 15th and 16th centuries
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
The defeat in 1456 at the siege of Belgrade held up Ottoman expansion into Catholic Europe for 70 years.[2] The Ottoman Emirate entered Europe amid a destructive civil war between John V Palaiologos and John VI Kantakouzenos along with his son Matthew Kantakouzenos.[3] The Ottoman–Venetian wars lasted from 1423 until 1718, a period of four centuries.[4] European powers formed the Holy League in the late 17th century, which reversed several Ottoman territorial gains during the Great Turkish War of 1683–99.[5]
What the cited sources add
The Open Library record for ISBN 8611156641 lists "Ilustrirana zgodovina Slovencev" as published by Mladinska knj. in 1999 with 526 pages.[6] The Open Library record for ISBN 9780691010786 lists "Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time" as published by Princeton University Press on October 19, 1992 with 572 pages.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Ottoman wars in Europe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Macfie 1996; Stavrianos 1958 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ottoman wars in Europe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The End of Europe's Middle Ages – Ottoman Turks (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ottoman wars in Europe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nicolle, David and Hook, Adam. Ottoman Fortifications 1300–1710 Osprey Publishing, 2010. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.; Goffman, Daniel. The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. Accessed 3 Sept 2011. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ottoman wars in Europe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kakissis 2011, p. 224 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Ottoman wars in Europe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Aksan 2007, p. 130–135 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 8611156641 ("Ilustrirana zgodovina Slovencev"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780691010786 ("Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Ottoman wars in Europe (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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