Nicopolis 1396: The Last Crusade by David Nicolle
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Nicopolis 1396
Nicopolis 1396
Summary
In response to Sultan Bayazid I's besieging of Constantinople in 1391, the last home of the once great Byzantine Empire, Pope Boniface IX preached a Crusade. A French-led army of 10,000 marched to the city but met their match against the Sultan's cavalry. This volume describes the battle.
Nicopolis 1396 Summary
Table of Contents
Origins of the campaign; the opposing commanders; crusader leaders; Ottoman leaders; crusader armies; Ottoman armies; Serbian armies; opposing plans; crusader invasion plans; the Ottoman defence plan; the campaign; assembling the crusading army; the invasion; Bayazid's response; the battle; Bayazid's revenge; aftermath and reckoning; the battlefields today; chronology; wargaming Nicopolis.
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GOR003191363
9781855329188
1855329182
Nicopolis 1396: The Last Crusade by David Nicolle
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1999-10-29
96
N/A
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