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History of the Crusades, the battle of
Nicopolis 1396, the final defeat of the Crusaders by the Ottoman empire
with their Serbian allies. The Nicopolis campaign well documented in the
book Nicopolis 1396, the Last Crusade by David Nicolle. Published by Osprey Books, available from the military
print company.
By the late 14th
Century the once mighty Byzantine Empire had been reduced to little more
than the city of Constantinople itself. In 1391 the Ottoman ruler,
Yildirim Bãyazîd, besieged the city. Pope Boniface IX preached a crusade
and John de Nevers, the son of the Duke of Burgundy, led a Franco-Belgian
army of 10,000 eastwards. They joined forces with Sigismund, King of
Hungary, and at Nicopolis on the Danube they met the Ottoman army in
battle. Driven on by their arrogance and against the advice of their
Hungarian and Transylvanian allies, the Crusaders charged the Ottoman
positions, broke through and were in turn smashed by the Ottoman heavy
cavalry and their Serbian allies. The last Crusade ended on the banks of
the Danube as the Crusaders desperately sought to escape from the pursuing
Turks.
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Nicopolis 1396, The
Last Crusade by David Nicolle By the late 14th
Century the once mighty Byzantine Empire had been reduced to little more
than the city of Constantinople itself. In 1391 the Ottoman ruler,
Yildirim Bãyazîd, besieged the city. Pope Boniface IX preached a crusade
and John de Nevers, the son of the Duke of Burgundy, led a Franco-Belgian
army of 10,000 eastwards. They joined forces with Sigismund, King of
Hungary, and at Nicopolis on the Danube they met the Ottoman army in
battle. Driven on by their arrogance and against the advice of their
Hungarian and Transylvanian allies, the Crusaders charged the Ottoman
positions, broke through and were in turn smashed by the Ottoman heavy
cavalry and their Serbian allies. The last Crusade ended on the banks of
the Danube as the Crusaders desperately sought to escape from the pursuing
Turks.
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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 64.
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critical stages of the campaign. Each volume concludes with a brief guide
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