Soldiers and Migrants

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Foreign Mercenaries in the Principality of Transylvania (1541-1690)

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book provides a detailed picture of foreigners who performed military service in the Principality of Transylvania over almost one and a half centuries. It explores their social and cultural background, their motivation for seeking employment in these parts of the continent and their performance within the ranks of an army fighting on the borderlands of Christian Europe. By focusing on the particular case of Transylvania, the author offers new insights and data on the global process of military migration and mobility in the early modern world. Readers will find a comprehensive analysis of a military system, situated at the crossroad of Western European and Oriental (Ottoman) influences. Using a wide variety of historical sources, the author reconstructs the complex process of adopting and adapting military innovations through the employment of foreign war professionals. This book is primarily addressed to scholars interested in migration studies, global history, social and military history. It also targets a larger audience consisting of students and passionate readers interested in the history of Transylvania and East-Central Europe in general.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-06-23
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Early Modern History
Antal sidor240
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032722658

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Florin Nicolae Ardelean (Babeș-Bolyai University) is a historian of early modern military and social history. His main research subject is the military organization of the Principality of Transylvania (1541-1690) with an emphasis on the social impact of warfare and the circulation of military knowledge and technology in East-Central Europe. He is the author and editor of several monographs and collective volumes, including: From Medieval Frontiers to Early Modern Borders in Central and South-Eastern Europe (2022) and The Army of Transylvania (1613-1690): War and military organization from the ‘golden age’ of the Principality to the Habsburg conquest (2024).

IntroductionChapter 1: The Army of the Transylvanian Principality: organization, recruitment, motivationChapter 2: Foreign soldiers in the service of Transylvanian rulers (1541-1593)Chapter 3: Giovanni Battista Castaldo and his mercenaries in Transylvania (1551-1553)Chapter 4: Transylvania and the Long Turkish War (1593-1606): the recruitment of foreign troopsChapter 5: The Golden Age of the Principality and the rise of the German mercenary (1606-1660)Chapter 6: Foreign soldiers in Transylvania during the last decades of the autonomous principality (1661-1690)Conclusion