From Nicopolis to Mohács

Tamás Pálosfalvi, Ph.D (2012), Central European University, is senior research fellow at the Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has published books and articles on late medieval Hungary, including The Noble Elite in the County of Körös (Križevci), 1400-1526 (MTA BTK Történettudományi Intézet, 2014).

• Acknowledgements A Note on Spelling Figures and Maps Introduction 1 Hungarian Military Organization, 1387–15261 The Inheritance: Political and Territorial Structures 2 The Angevin Legacy 3 Sigismund and his Reforms 4 The Armies of Hunyadi 5 King Matthias – The Myth of the Black Army 6 The Jagiellos: Adaptation under Pressure 2 The New Enemy: Hungary and the Ottomans, 1389–14291 The First Contacts between Hungary and the Turks 2 The Battle of Nicopolis 3 From Nicopolis to Golubac 4 The Siege of Golubac 3 From Golubac to Belgrade, 1428–14561 The Last Years of Sigismund 2 Albert to Wladislas i – Troubled Times 3 The First Ottoman Wars of Hunyadi, 1441–14434 The War of Illusions: The “Long March,” 1443–1444 5 The King’s Death: The Varna Campaign6 The Last Offensive: The Battle of Kosovo Polje, 14487 On the Defensive: From Kosovo Polje to Belgrade, 1448–1456 8 The Siege of Belgrade, 14564 From Belgrade to Vienna: King Matthias and the Ottomans, 1458–14831 Securing the Borders, 1458–1466 1.1 Hungary and the Fall of Serbia, 1457-1459 1.2 Conflicting Views: King Matthias and Mihály Szilágyi, 1459-14601.3 The Return of Mehmed ii to the North 1.4 From Jajce to Zvornik, 1463-14641.5 “Passive Resistance”, 1465-14662 Turning West, 1467–14832.1 The Years of Disengagement, 1467-14752.2 The Siege of Šabac2.3 Transylvania, Bosnia, Otranto, 1478-14825 The Wars of the “Long Peace,” 1483–15201 The Last Years of Matthias2 From War to Peace, 1490–1495 3 A War that Nobody Wanted, 1499–1503 4 Shifting Alliances, 1508–15115 Under Pressure Again, 1511–15136 Towards the Edge of the Abyss, 1514–15206 The Collapse, 1521–15261 The Third Siege of Belgrade, 15212 Preparing for the Deluge: After Belgrade, 1522–1525 3 The Final Countdown, 1525–15264 The Battle of Mohács7 Conclusion: Why Did Hungary Lose?1 The Fall of Medieval Hungary, Part One: The Superiority of Ottoman Military Organization2 The Fall of Medieval Hungary, Part Two: A Fiscal BreakdownBibliographyIndex

'This is a significant achievement and will become a standard reference work in English on Ottoman-Hungarian military history to 1526. The images used as illustrations, some of which are contemporary to the events and others which are nineteenthcentury history paintings, deserve a study in their own right'.Robyn Dora Radway, Central European University, in Renaissance Quarterly Volume LXXIII, No. 1: 309-310