Siege of Vienna The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

Name: Siege of Vienna The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent
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ISBN: 9781933648637

ISBN-10: 1933648635

ISBN-13: 9781933648637

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Authors: John Stoye

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"In his splendid study The Siege of Vienna, the Oxford historian John Stoye provides a detailed account of the intricate machinations between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans. Mr. Stoye's description of the siege itself is masterly. He seems to know every inch of ground, every earthwork and fortification around the Imperial City, and he follows the action meticulously."- The Wall Street Journal "Worthy of the pen of Herodotus. . . . It is a measure of the fascination of Mr. Stoye's subject that one should think of comparing his treatment of it with the work of the greatest historians."- The Times Literary Supplement "John Stoye is the master of every aspect of his subject."- Daily…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 2/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Illustrations


Maps and Places


Some of the Principal Personages



The Origins of the Ottoman Attack



The Ottoman army enters Hungary



The Ottoman constitution



The defences of the Ottoman Empire



Ottoman policy in eastern Europe 1656-82



Kara Mustafa's objectives 1682-3



Leopold I and the City of Vienna



The Emperor and his court



The Hofburg and the Herrengasse



The fortifications of Vienna



The municipality of Vienna



Burghers and noblemen



The Defence of Habsburg Interests in Europe



The condition of the Empire



Money and men



Treaties with Bavaria and Hanover



Thokoly, and the treaty with Poland



The Threat to Vienna



The campaign in Hungary



Crisis in Austria



The flight from Vienna



The Siege



The first week



Counterscarp and ravelin



Outside the City



The Tartars



North of the Danube



The messengers to and from Vienna



The government at Passau



Warsaw, Dresden, Berlin and Regensburg



Sobieski's journey to the Danube



John George's journey to the Danube



Frederick William's refusal



Leopold defies Louis XIV



The Relief of Vienna



Leopold's journey down the Danube



The Turks close in on the city



The crossing of the Danube and the Wiener Wald



12 September, 1683



The Consequences of Victory



Rejoicing and disenchantment



The death of the Grand Vezir



Thokoly and Sobieski



The Holy Alliance of 1684



The fall of Luxembourg



Vienna after the siege


Notes and References


Index