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Selected Passages from Hungarian-Ottoman Wars between 1372-1699
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Castles in the “Hungaries”
Transylvania
Saxon and Székely fortified churches
Alsóbajom
Alsórákos
Asszonyfalva
Barcarozsnyó castle and its fortified church
Baráthely, fortified church
Berethalom
Csíkdelne
Csíkménaság
Csíkszenttamás
Csíkkarcfalva
Csíkrákos
Enyed / Nagyenyed
Feketehalom
Fületelke
Gelence
Homoróddaróc
Jakabfalva
Kelnek
Kereszténysziget
Lesses
Mese
Miklósvár
Prázsmár
Sepsiszentgyörgy
Szászbogács
Szászfehéregyháza
Szászhermány
Szászkézd
Szászsebes
Alvinc
Abafája
Almás / Váralmás castle
Aranyosmeggyes
Bálványos
Bonchida
Bethlenszentmiklós
Borosjenő
Bözödújfalu
Brassó
Bún
Csíkszereda
Déva
Doboka
Élesd, Sólyomkővár
Erdőd (Ardud)
Fogaras
Gyalu
Gyergyószárhegy
Gyergyószentmiklós
Gyimesbükk
Gyulafehérvár
Hadad
Hunyad
Karánsebes
Keresd
Keresztelőszentpál / Kerelőszentpál
Kolozsvár
Kőhalom
Küküllővár
Lugos
Marosillye
Marosvásárhely
Munkács
Nagybánya / Asszonypataka
Nagyszalonta
Nagyvárad
Nevicke
Nyírbátor
Radna and Óradna
Regéc
Sárospatak
Sebesvár
Segesvár
Szatmár / Szatmárnémeti
Székelykeresztúr
Törcsvár
Ungvár
Kingdom of Hungary
North
Abaújvár
Alsómattyasóc
Ajnácskő
Alsómicsinye
Árva
Bajmóc
Bakabánya
Balogvár
Barkó
Bártfa
Beckó, Bolondóc
Besztercebánya
Betlenfalva
Berencsváralja
Boldogkő
Borsi
Borostyánkő (Ballenstein, Paistun)
Borostyánkő (Bernstein)
Bozók
Budatin
Csábrág
Csejte
Cseklész
Csetnek
Csicsva
Dévény
Divény
Diósgyőr
Detrekő castle and the Pálffy palace
Drégely
Eperjes
Érsekújvár
Felsőkubin
Felsővály
Fülek
Füzér
Garamszentbenedek
Gímes
Golop
Hajdúdorog
Hajdúnánás
(Hajdú)Szoboszló
Holics
Hollólomnic
Homonna
Huszt
Illava
Kálló
Kassa
Kékkő
Késmárk
Kisnána
Kisvárda
Komárom
Korlátkő
Korpona
Körmöcbánya
Krasznahorka and Betlér
Léva
Likava
Lipótújvár
Lőcse
Murány
Nagybiccse
Nagyida
Nagykövesd
Nagyszombat
Nedec / Dunajec
Nógrád
Nyitra
Ólubló / Lubló
Ónod
Osgyán
Putnok
Revistye
Szabatkapuszta
Selmecbánya
Szádvár
Szanda
Szécsény
Szitnya
Zemplén
Zsolnalitva
West
Bátorkő
Bozsok
Csobánc
Csesznek
Egervár
Fraknó
Győr Castle
Keszthely
Körmend
Kőszeg
Lánzsér
Mosonmagyaróvár
Nagyvázsony
Németújvár
Palota (Várpalota)
Pannonhalma
Pápa
Pozsony
Ugod
Rezi
Sárvár
Somló
Sopron
Sümeg
Szarvaskő (at Döbrönte)
Szigliget
Tata
Várgesztes
Vitány
South
Babócsa
Csáktornya
Dobóc
Egerszeg, Zalaegerszeg
Felsőlendva
Hídvég
Kereki, Fehérkő castle
Komár
Sziszek
Ottoman Occupied Lands
Atya
Csanád
Csókakő
Arad
Bács
Berzence
Boksánbánya, Boksa / Kövesd Castle
Buda
Buják
Bussa
Cegléd
Csővár
Dédes
Döbrönte, Szarvaskő
Dunaföldvár
Dombóvár
Eger
Erdőd (Erdut)
Eszék
Esztergom
Fonyód
Galambóc
Gyula
Hatvan
Hollókő
Ipolydamásd
Ipolyság
Jajca
Kanizsa
Kaposvár
Kecskemét
Komlóska, Solymos castle
Lippa and Solymos
Nándorfehérvár
Ozora
Pécs
Pécsvárad
Pest
Pétervárad
Pozsega
Újlak
Rednek
Pilisszentlélek and Klastrompuszta
Salgó
Siklós
Simontornya
Sirok
Somoskő
Szabács
Szalánkemén
Szarvas
Szarvaskői castle
Székesfehérvár
Szentlászlóvár
Szolnok Castle
Vác
Visegrád
Essays
Members of the Valiant Order
Prince Bocskai István
A Hero of the Valiant Order: Varkocs György
General Schwendi in Royal Hungary, a German Hero
Pálffy Tamás (1534-1581), a Hungarian Hero
Hans Rueber von Püchsendorf (1529-1584)
Thorny Tamás, a Hungarian hero
Berenhidai Huszár Péter, a Hungarian Hero
A hero of Buda who was almost hanged
Bey Csonka: the Ottoman hero of Buda, 1686
Captain John Smith, a Hungarian nobleman
Balassi Ferenc
Balassi Bálint (1554-1594)
Batthyány Ferenc (1497-1566)
Lord Perényi Péter, (1502– 1548) – Part One
Ferenc, the kidnapped son of Lord Perényi – Part Two
The Perényi-story, Part Three
Némethi Ferenc (1510-1565) and the wine of Tokaj
Andrew Gaudi, the Scot hero of Várad
Werbőczi Imre (1510s-1548)
János Zadorla, a Slovakian hero of Kassa
Magyar Bálint of Palona
Gyulaffy László (c.1520-1579), the champion of the Borderland
The Lady with a hook-gun in Buzita Castle
Báthory István, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania (1533-1586)
Nyáry Pál (about 1550-1607), the hero of Eger
Gregoróczy Vince
Kádár István and his Hajdú soldiers, 1658
Zrínyi Ádám (1662-1691)
King Matthias Corvinus Series (1443-1490)
Firearms in the Black Army
King Matthias at Boroszló (Wroclaw, Breslau)
The wealth of King Matthias
King Matthias` duel with Holubar
Was King Matthias related to Sultan Mohamed II ?
“this king loved his country”
Origin of King Matthias Corvinus
Why is the Hungarian Renaissance not so well-known?
The beginning of King Matthias Reign
„Delirant Reges, plectunur Achivi” – The people pay for the foolishness of the kings
“Non licet in bello bis peccare”: You mustn`t commit the same fault twice in the war
Kinizsi Pál, general of King Matthias
The size of King Matthias` army
The fleet of King Matthias
King Matthias Corvinus and England
Economy
The Mining Towns of Upper Hungary
The revolution of transportation: the “kocsi” (coach)
Salt: the white gold of Hungary
Hungarian Grey Cattle
The value of Money
Nations, peoples, ethnic groups
Who were the Turks?
Who were the Germans?
Who were the Hungarians?
Who were the Székelys?
Who were the German Saxons in Transylvania?
Who were the Habáns, the Swiss immigrants fleeing to Hungary?
Who were the Magyarabs?
Mercenaries, Western soldiers
Italians in the 15-Year-War in Hungary
Foreign mercenaries in Hungary
Scots on the battlefields of the „Hungaries”
Cavalry
Dragoons in Hungary
Horses of Battle
Cavalry Charge and Melee
Horses in the Battle of Mohács
The Hungarian Hajdú warriors
Famous and Infamous People
Albrecht Dürer (1471 -1528) and Hungary
Who was Oláh Miklós? (1493-1568)
Lady Báthory Erzsébet (1560-1614)
Catherine of Brandenburg, wife of Prince Bethlen
The Zrínyi / Zrinski family and the Habsburgs
The peril of Demeter Jaksith – a legend from Szerémi`s Chronicle
Borbála, the true love of King Matthias
Szilágyi Mihály, the kingmaker
Palatine Báthory István (c 1480-1530)
Mayláth István, Voivode of Transylvania (1502-1550)
Baron Forgách Ferenc
Bey Sásvár, the renegade
Why don’t we like Sultan Suleiman?
Hungarian and other proverbs born during the Turk wars
Types of soldiers in the “Hungaries” around 1600
The Hungarian Knights of the Golden Spur
The Ottoman concept of „Kizil Elma”, the „Golden / Red Apple”
Ethnic changes in Hungary due to the Ottoman wars
The military education of Hunyadi János
1372-1490
The Ottoman-Hungarian fights before the fall of Szendrő castle in 1439
Hunyadi at Szendrő, 1439
The rise of Hunyadi János to power, 1440-41
Hunyadi’s first large battle against the Turks, 1441
Hunyadi defeated two Ottoman armies, 1442
Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44, part one
Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44, part two
Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44, part three
Várna, 1444: Were Hunyadi and the King oathbreakers? Part One
The road to Várna, 1444; Part Two
The Battle of Várna, 1444; Part Three
Battle of Kosovo Polje, 1448
1456, the heroic Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)
Why can we hear the bells at noon? 1456
The Battle of Breadfield (Kenyérmező) 1479
The Doom of the Black Army after 1490
General Magyar Balázs saves Otranto in 1481
1490-1541
Báthory István defeats the Ottomans at Illádia, 12 October 1512
1521: the fall of Szabács, Zimony, and Nándorfehérvár castles
The Battle of Szávaszentdemeter, 1523
13-15 September 1526, the Battle of Pusztamarót
1527 Cserni (aka Black or Nenad) Jován’s uprising
1527-28 The negotiations of Sir Lasky in Istanbul
A scene from the last days of Kőszeg’ s siege in 1532
19 September 1532, Pasha Kászim’s black day
1541-1699
25 December 1545, the fall of Simontornya castle
A general attack against Eger Castle on St. Michael’s Day, 1552
1554: The Turks attack the castles of Tihany and Csobánc
1555: Pápa castle was attacked
The miracle at Görösgál, 1555
An old warrior’s challenge to a duel, 1555
1556: The fight between “David and Goliath”
When Ottomans attacked each other in Hungary, 1558
The adolescent murderers of Bey Ibrahim, 1559
27 March 1562: the victory of Hassan, Bey of Fülek
1566: three champions challenge Pasha Mustafa to a duel
1567: the heroic defenders of Felsővadász castle
October 1570: the Hungarian Borderland-warriors defeated the Ottomans at Alsóörs
Two young Turks who got lost at night, 1570
1571, the last stand of Captain Thury György
1575: the warriors of Kanizsa castle laid a trap
1577, a Christian defeat at Győr castle
1575: the heroic last stand of the warriors of Fonyód castle
The Hussars ambush the fair of Hatvan in 1580
The warriors of Léva castle’s duel, on 1 May 1581
1583: the Hungarian warriors of the Valiant Order of Trans-Danubian Region attack Koppány Castle
1585: the duel of Olasz Gergely at Komárom Castle
1587: Nádasdy Ferenc and Zrínyi György’s victory at Kacorlak
1588: the destruction of Endréd Palisade Castle
A shameful duel in 1590
18 November 1593; The armies of the Upper Land take Szabatka
November 21, 1593, The Hungarians defeated the Turks at Romhány
The adventure of a few Hajdú warriors at Vác, 1594
1598: Captain András Barcsai of Lugos Castle defeated Pasha Szulejmán of Temesvár
Prince Bocskai had his Hajdús settled, 12/12/1605
1649 Pentecost: the Turks attacked the market of Egerszeg
1657: the unlucky Polish war of Prince Rákóczi György II
1658: Prince György Rákóczi II defeated the Ottoman army
The Battle of Szárhegy, 1658
1660 The Battle of Szászfenes, the death of Prince Rákóczi György II
1663: Zrínyi Péter defeated the Ottomans at Károlyváros
The famous Winter Campaign of Zrínyi, 1664
The siege of Kanizsa castle, 28 April 1664
The Hajdú warriors in Zrínyi’s Winter Campaign in 1664
The last stand of Pölöske castle’s defenders, 22 July 1664
The letter of Zrínyi Miklós in 1664
18 November 1664: the death of Zrínyi Miklós aka Nicholas Zrínski
The regulations of Regéc castle 1679
The Turk reinforcement was defeated at Érd, 1684
1687: the Battle of Nagyharsány
Turkish prisoners of war in Buda, 1686
The Battle of Lugos, 1695
Spreading Hungarian history
Fighting Misconceptions
The Hungarians’ role before 1526
“Betwixt two heathens”: the Habsburgs and the Ottomans
Modern Ottoman propaganda
Social media and Hungarian history in English
The Hun is at the gate!
Weapons
Armors and shields
Armors in Topkapi Seray Museum
The armors of Emperor and King Maximilian I and II
Hussar Helmets on Display in 1896
Turk shield
A chainmail from 1550
The Hungarian Hussar regiments of Cardinal Richelieu, 1635
A tombstone of an unknown knight
Hungarian Lobster Tail Helmets
The tombstone of Swabowszky György
Hussar masks
Swords and sabers
The sword of Charlemagne or the saber of Attila?
Ceremonial sword of the Dragon Order
Saber (Eastern style)
Polish Saber (Hungarian style)
Pallos
Hegyestőr / estoc / koncerz
a Transylvanian dagger, 1540
The saber of General Pálffy Miklós (1552-1600)
Firearms
Strange firearms
Saint Borbála and the cannons
Pistols, 16th century, Vienna
Pistols, 17th century (Vienna)
Bayonets in the Hungarian fights
Ottoman quiver, bows, and arrows
War hammers, maces, and battle axes
Maps and Regions
The First Military Survey of Hungary (1780-84)
Map 1750
Szepesség
The Borderland
Transylvanian Principality: a vassal state of the Turks?
Dramatized historical writings
The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny
Interview with Count Zrínyi Miklós
Interview with Cardinal Pázmány Péter
Interview with Lord Báthory István
Suleiman learns the plot of Queen Isabella
Lord Balassa’s victory at Szalka (1544)
Interview with Captain Thury György, 1561
The Siege of Drégely Castle (1552)
The Battle of Palást, 1552
The Gypsy warriors of Nagyida Castle (1556)
The Duel at Korpona’s Haversack Castle (1588)
The White Geese of Léva Castle (1664)
Masterpieces of Art
Chalice,1462
Clasp (Transylvania)
Ceramics from the 15-17th centuries
The Renaissance bronze candlesticks in Hagia Sophia
Hidden treasure found at Likava Castle
The destruction of King Saint László’s statue
Toy Knights of King Louis II
Renaissance Tiles
Reenacting History
Reenactor clubs
The Nádasdy Ferenc Banderium in Sárvár
HEMA
Interview with Schunder László
Clothes and attire
Skirt and attached bodice, 17th century
The embroidery of Hungarian Lady dresses
Mente and Dolman: Hungarian attire
Corolla
Videos
The Siege of Nándorfehérvár / Belgrade, 1456
Visegrád, royal palace
The Battle of Mohács, 1526
The Battle of Zenta, 1697
The Ottoman conquest in Europe
The reconquest wars of Hungary
Chronologies
The Fifteen-Year-War Series (1591-1606)
The War of Pasha Sinan until 1596
The Long War – Part One / the new Borderland
The Long War, Part Two / the radius of the war
The Long War, Part Three / how it broke out
The Long War, Part Four / the military targets
The Long War, Part Five / October-November 1593
The Long War, Part Six / November-December 1593
The Long War, Part Seven / the Battle of Tura, 1594
The Long War, Part 13 / Upper Lands, and Transylvania 1595
The Long War, Part 14 / Spring-summer, 1596
The Long War, Part Eight / Summer 1594, the death of Balassi
The Long War, Part Nine / August-October 1594, the sieges of Győr and Komárom
The Long War, Part 12 / the second siege of Esztergom
The Long War, Part Ten / 1594, Transylvania breaks up with the Sublime Port
The Long War, Part 11 / the first clashes in 1595
1596-1600
The Long War, Part 15 / 1596: the Fall of Eger
The Long War, Part 16 / 1596, The Battle of Mezőkeresztes
The long War, Part 17 / the retaking of Tata castle with a “petard”
The Long War, Part 18 / Taking Pápa Castle, losing Tata, and the siege of Győr
The Long War, Part 19 / the Battle of Vác-Verőce, November 1597
The Long War, Part 20 / the retaking of Győr castle, 1598
The Long War, Part 21 / the sieges of Buda and Várad castles, 1598
The Long War, Part 22; a great Hajdú victory in 1599
The Long War, Part 23 / Christian ambushes, 1599
The Long War, Part 24/ Troubles in Transylvania, 1596-1599
The Long War, Part 27/The mutiny of Walloon mercenaries in Pápa castle, 1600
The Long War, Part 25/ The Battle of Miriszló, 1600
The Long War, Part 26/ The siege of Kanizsa Castle, 1600
1601-1606
The Long War, Part 28 / Battles around Fehérvár, 1601
The Long War, Part 29 / 1601, the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa Castle
The Long War, Part 30 / the fall of Székesfehérvár castle in 1602
The Long War, Part 31; 1602: Basta’s victory in Transylvania and the Siege of Buda
The Long War, Part 32; military actions in the first part of 1603
The Long War, Part 33; the third siege of Buda, 1603
The Long War, Part 34 / The Siege of Esztergom, 1604
The Long War, Part 35; Internal war in Transylvania 1600-1604
The Long War, Part 36 / The Bocskai Uprising, 1604
The Long War, Part 37 / The heydays of Bocskai, 1605
The Long War, Part 38; 1606 – The creation of a Double Treaty of Peace
The Long War, Part 39 / Conclusion
A very short summary of Hungarian-Ottoman wars
General chronologies
Sources and recommended readings
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Castles in the “Hungaries”
Transylvania
Saxon and Székely fortified churches
Alsóbajom
Alsórákos
Asszonyfalva
Barcarozsnyó castle and its fortified church
Baráthely, fortified church
Berethalom
Csíkdelne
Csíkménaság
Csíkszenttamás
Csíkkarcfalva
Csíkrákos
Enyed / Nagyenyed
Feketehalom
Fületelke
Gelence
Homoróddaróc
Jakabfalva
Kelnek
Kereszténysziget
Lesses
Mese
Miklósvár
Prázsmár
Sepsiszentgyörgy
Szászbogács
Szászfehéregyháza
Szászhermány
Szászkézd
Szászsebes
Alvinc
Abafája
Almás / Váralmás castle
Aranyosmeggyes
Bálványos
Bonchida
Bethlenszentmiklós
Borosjenő
Bözödújfalu
Brassó
Bún
Csíkszereda
Déva
Doboka
Élesd, Sólyomkővár
Erdőd (Ardud)
Fogaras
Gyalu
Gyergyószárhegy
Gyergyószentmiklós
Gyimesbükk
Gyulafehérvár
Hadad
Hunyad
Karánsebes
Keresd
Keresztelőszentpál / Kerelőszentpál
Kolozsvár
Kőhalom
Küküllővár
Lugos
Marosillye
Marosvásárhely
Munkács
Nagybánya / Asszonypataka
Nagyszalonta
Nagyvárad
Nevicke
Nyírbátor
Radna and Óradna
Regéc
Sárospatak
Sebesvár
Segesvár
Szatmár / Szatmárnémeti
Székelykeresztúr
Törcsvár
Ungvár
Kingdom of Hungary
North
Abaújvár
Alsómattyasóc
Ajnácskő
Alsómicsinye
Árva
Bajmóc
Bakabánya
Balogvár
Barkó
Bártfa
Beckó, Bolondóc
Besztercebánya
Betlenfalva
Berencsváralja
Boldogkő
Borsi
Borostyánkő (Ballenstein, Paistun)
Borostyánkő (Bernstein)
Bozók
Budatin
Csábrág
Csejte
Cseklész
Csetnek
Csicsva
Dévény
Divény
Diósgyőr
Detrekő castle and the Pálffy palace
Drégely
Eperjes
Érsekújvár
Felsőkubin
Felsővály
Fülek
Füzér
Garamszentbenedek
Gímes
Golop
Hajdúdorog
Hajdúnánás
(Hajdú)Szoboszló
Holics
Hollólomnic
Homonna
Huszt
Illava
Kálló
Kassa
Kékkő
Késmárk
Kisnána
Kisvárda
Komárom
Korlátkő
Korpona
Körmöcbánya
Krasznahorka and Betlér
Léva
Likava
Lipótújvár
Lőcse
Murány
Nagybiccse
Nagyida
Nagykövesd
Nagyszombat
Nedec / Dunajec
Nógrád
Nyitra
Ólubló / Lubló
Ónod
Osgyán
Putnok
Revistye
Szabatkapuszta
Selmecbánya
Szádvár
Szanda
Szécsény
Szitnya
Zemplén
Zsolnalitva
West
Bátorkő
Bozsok
Csobánc
Csesznek
Egervár
Fraknó
Győr Castle
Keszthely
Körmend
Kőszeg
Lánzsér
Mosonmagyaróvár
Nagyvázsony
Németújvár
Palota (Várpalota)
Pannonhalma
Pápa
Pozsony
Ugod
Rezi
Sárvár
Somló
Sopron
Sümeg
Szarvaskő (at Döbrönte)
Szigliget
Tata
Várgesztes
Vitány
South
Babócsa
Csáktornya
Dobóc
Egerszeg, Zalaegerszeg
Felsőlendva
Hídvég
Kereki, Fehérkő castle
Komár
Sziszek
Ottoman Occupied Lands
Atya
Csanád
Csókakő
Arad
Bács
Berzence
Boksánbánya, Boksa / Kövesd Castle
Buda
Buják
Bussa
Cegléd
Csővár
Dédes
Döbrönte, Szarvaskő
Dunaföldvár
Dombóvár
Eger
Erdőd (Erdut)
Eszék
Esztergom
Fonyód
Galambóc
Gyula
Hatvan
Hollókő
Ipolydamásd
Ipolyság
Jajca
Kanizsa
Kaposvár
Kecskemét
Komlóska, Solymos castle
Lippa and Solymos
Nándorfehérvár
Ozora
Pécs
Pécsvárad
Pest
Pétervárad
Pozsega
Újlak
Rednek
Pilisszentlélek and Klastrompuszta
Salgó
Siklós
Simontornya
Sirok
Somoskő
Szabács
Szalánkemén
Szarvas
Szarvaskői castle
Székesfehérvár
Szentlászlóvár
Szolnok Castle
Vác
Visegrád
Essays
Members of the Valiant Order
Prince Bocskai István
A Hero of the Valiant Order: Varkocs György
General Schwendi in Royal Hungary, a German Hero
Pálffy Tamás (1534-1581), a Hungarian Hero
Hans Rueber von Püchsendorf (1529-1584)
Thorny Tamás, a Hungarian hero
Berenhidai Huszár Péter, a Hungarian Hero
A hero of Buda who was almost hanged
Bey Csonka: the Ottoman hero of Buda, 1686
Captain John Smith, a Hungarian nobleman
Balassi Ferenc
Balassi Bálint (1554-1594)
Batthyány Ferenc (1497-1566)
Lord Perényi Péter, (1502– 1548) – Part One
Ferenc, the kidnapped son of Lord Perényi – Part Two
The Perényi-story, Part Three
Némethi Ferenc (1510-1565) and the wine of Tokaj
Andrew Gaudi, the Scot hero of Várad
Werbőczi Imre (1510s-1548)
János Zadorla, a Slovakian hero of Kassa
Magyar Bálint of Palona
Gyulaffy László (c.1520-1579), the champion of the Borderland
The Lady with a hook-gun in Buzita Castle
Báthory István, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania (1533-1586)
Nyáry Pál (about 1550-1607), the hero of Eger
Gregoróczy Vince
Kádár István and his Hajdú soldiers, 1658
Zrínyi Ádám (1662-1691)
King Matthias Corvinus Series (1443-1490)
Firearms in the Black Army
King Matthias at Boroszló (Wroclaw, Breslau)
The wealth of King Matthias
King Matthias` duel with Holubar
Was King Matthias related to Sultan Mohamed II ?
“this king loved his country”
Origin of King Matthias Corvinus
Why is the Hungarian Renaissance not so well-known?
The beginning of King Matthias Reign
„Delirant Reges, plectunur Achivi” – The people pay for the foolishness of the kings
“Non licet in bello bis peccare”: You mustn`t commit the same fault twice in the war
Kinizsi Pál, general of King Matthias
The size of King Matthias` army
The fleet of King Matthias
King Matthias Corvinus and England
Economy
The Mining Towns of Upper Hungary
The revolution of transportation: the “kocsi” (coach)
Salt: the white gold of Hungary
Hungarian Grey Cattle
The value of Money
Nations, peoples, ethnic groups
Who were the Turks?
Who were the Germans?
Who were the Hungarians?
Who were the Székelys?
Who were the German Saxons in Transylvania?
Who were the Habáns, the Swiss immigrants fleeing to Hungary?
Who were the Magyarabs?
Mercenaries, Western soldiers
Italians in the 15-Year-War in Hungary
Foreign mercenaries in Hungary
Scots on the battlefields of the „Hungaries”
Cavalry
Dragoons in Hungary
Horses of Battle
Cavalry Charge and Melee
Horses in the Battle of Mohács
The Hungarian Hajdú warriors
Famous and Infamous People
Albrecht Dürer (1471 -1528) and Hungary
Who was Oláh Miklós? (1493-1568)
Lady Báthory Erzsébet (1560-1614)
Catherine of Brandenburg, wife of Prince Bethlen
The Zrínyi / Zrinski family and the Habsburgs
The peril of Demeter Jaksith – a legend from Szerémi`s Chronicle
Borbála, the true love of King Matthias
Szilágyi Mihály, the kingmaker
Palatine Báthory István (c 1480-1530)
Mayláth István, Voivode of Transylvania (1502-1550)
Baron Forgách Ferenc
Bey Sásvár, the renegade
Why don’t we like Sultan Suleiman?
Hungarian and other proverbs born during the Turk wars
Types of soldiers in the “Hungaries” around 1600
The Hungarian Knights of the Golden Spur
The Ottoman concept of „Kizil Elma”, the „Golden / Red Apple”
Ethnic changes in Hungary due to the Ottoman wars
The military education of Hunyadi János
1372-1490
The Ottoman-Hungarian fights before the fall of Szendrő castle in 1439
Hunyadi at Szendrő, 1439
The rise of Hunyadi János to power, 1440-41
Hunyadi’s first large battle against the Turks, 1441
Hunyadi defeated two Ottoman armies, 1442
Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44, part one
Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44, part two
Hunyadi’s Long Campaign in 1443-44, part three
Várna, 1444: Were Hunyadi and the King oathbreakers? Part One
The road to Várna, 1444; Part Two
The Battle of Várna, 1444; Part Three
Battle of Kosovo Polje, 1448
1456, the heroic Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)
Why can we hear the bells at noon? 1456
The Battle of Breadfield (Kenyérmező) 1479
The Doom of the Black Army after 1490
General Magyar Balázs saves Otranto in 1481
1490-1541
Báthory István defeats the Ottomans at Illádia, 12 October 1512
1521: the fall of Szabács, Zimony, and Nándorfehérvár castles
The Battle of Szávaszentdemeter, 1523
13-15 September 1526, the Battle of Pusztamarót
1527 Cserni (aka Black or Nenad) Jován’s uprising
1527-28 The negotiations of Sir Lasky in Istanbul
A scene from the last days of Kőszeg’ s siege in 1532
19 September 1532, Pasha Kászim’s black day
1541-1699
25 December 1545, the fall of Simontornya castle
A general attack against Eger Castle on St. Michael’s Day, 1552
1554: The Turks attack the castles of Tihany and Csobánc
1555: Pápa castle was attacked
The miracle at Görösgál, 1555
An old warrior’s challenge to a duel, 1555
1556: The fight between “David and Goliath”
When Ottomans attacked each other in Hungary, 1558
The adolescent murderers of Bey Ibrahim, 1559
27 March 1562: the victory of Hassan, Bey of Fülek
1566: three champions challenge Pasha Mustafa to a duel
1567: the heroic defenders of Felsővadász castle
October 1570: the Hungarian Borderland-warriors defeated the Ottomans at Alsóörs
Two young Turks who got lost at night, 1570
1571, the last stand of Captain Thury György
1575: the warriors of Kanizsa castle laid a trap
1577, a Christian defeat at Győr castle
1575: the heroic last stand of the warriors of Fonyód castle
The Hussars ambush the fair of Hatvan in 1580
The warriors of Léva castle’s duel, on 1 May 1581
1583: the Hungarian warriors of the Valiant Order of Trans-Danubian Region attack Koppány Castle
1585: the duel of Olasz Gergely at Komárom Castle
1587: Nádasdy Ferenc and Zrínyi György’s victory at Kacorlak
1588: the destruction of Endréd Palisade Castle
A shameful duel in 1590
18 November 1593; The armies of the Upper Land take Szabatka
November 21, 1593, The Hungarians defeated the Turks at Romhány
The adventure of a few Hajdú warriors at Vác, 1594
1598: Captain András Barcsai of Lugos Castle defeated Pasha Szulejmán of Temesvár
Prince Bocskai had his Hajdús settled, 12/12/1605
1649 Pentecost: the Turks attacked the market of Egerszeg
1657: the unlucky Polish war of Prince Rákóczi György II
1658: Prince György Rákóczi II defeated the Ottoman army
The Battle of Szárhegy, 1658
1660 The Battle of Szászfenes, the death of Prince Rákóczi György II
1663: Zrínyi Péter defeated the Ottomans at Károlyváros
The famous Winter Campaign of Zrínyi, 1664
The siege of Kanizsa castle, 28 April 1664
The Hajdú warriors in Zrínyi’s Winter Campaign in 1664
The last stand of Pölöske castle’s defenders, 22 July 1664
The letter of Zrínyi Miklós in 1664
18 November 1664: the death of Zrínyi Miklós aka Nicholas Zrínski
The regulations of Regéc castle 1679
The Turk reinforcement was defeated at Érd, 1684
1687: the Battle of Nagyharsány
Turkish prisoners of war in Buda, 1686
The Battle of Lugos, 1695
Spreading Hungarian history
Fighting Misconceptions
The Hungarians’ role before 1526
“Betwixt two heathens”: the Habsburgs and the Ottomans
Modern Ottoman propaganda
Social media and Hungarian history in English
The Hun is at the gate!
Weapons
Armors and shields
Armors in Topkapi Seray Museum
The armors of Emperor and King Maximilian I and II
Hussar Helmets on Display in 1896
Turk shield
A chainmail from 1550
The Hungarian Hussar regiments of Cardinal Richelieu, 1635
A tombstone of an unknown knight
Hungarian Lobster Tail Helmets
The tombstone of Swabowszky György
Hussar masks
Swords and sabers
The sword of Charlemagne or the saber of Attila?
Ceremonial sword of the Dragon Order
Saber (Eastern style)
Polish Saber (Hungarian style)
Pallos
Hegyestőr / estoc / koncerz
a Transylvanian dagger, 1540
The saber of General Pálffy Miklós (1552-1600)
Firearms
Strange firearms
Saint Borbála and the cannons
Pistols, 16th century, Vienna
Pistols, 17th century (Vienna)
Bayonets in the Hungarian fights
Ottoman quiver, bows, and arrows
War hammers, maces, and battle axes
Maps and Regions
The First Military Survey of Hungary (1780-84)
Map 1750
Szepesség
The Borderland
Transylvanian Principality: a vassal state of the Turks?
Dramatized historical writings
The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny
Interview with Count Zrínyi Miklós
Interview with Cardinal Pázmány Péter
Interview with Lord Báthory István
Suleiman learns the plot of Queen Isabella
Lord Balassa’s victory at Szalka (1544)
Interview with Captain Thury György, 1561
The Siege of Drégely Castle (1552)
The Battle of Palást, 1552
The Gypsy warriors of Nagyida Castle (1556)
The Duel at Korpona’s Haversack Castle (1588)
The White Geese of Léva Castle (1664)
Masterpieces of Art
Chalice,1462
Clasp (Transylvania)
Ceramics from the 15-17th centuries
The Renaissance bronze candlesticks in Hagia Sophia
Hidden treasure found at Likava Castle
The destruction of King Saint László’s statue
Toy Knights of King Louis II
Renaissance Tiles
Reenacting History
Reenactor clubs
The Nádasdy Ferenc Banderium in Sárvár
HEMA
Interview with Schunder László
Clothes and attire
Skirt and attached bodice, 17th century
The embroidery of Hungarian Lady dresses
Mente and Dolman: Hungarian attire
Corolla
Videos
The Siege of Nándorfehérvár / Belgrade, 1456
Visegrád, royal palace
The Battle of Mohács, 1526
The Battle of Zenta, 1697
The Ottoman conquest in Europe
The reconquest wars of Hungary
Chronologies
The Fifteen-Year-War Series (1591-1606)
The War of Pasha Sinan until 1596
The Long War – Part One / the new Borderland
The Long War, Part Two / the radius of the war
The Long War, Part Three / how it broke out
The Long War, Part Four / the military targets
The Long War, Part Five / October-November 1593
The Long War, Part Six / November-December 1593
The Long War, Part Seven / the Battle of Tura, 1594
The Long War, Part 13 / Upper Lands, and Transylvania 1595
The Long War, Part 14 / Spring-summer, 1596
The Long War, Part Eight / Summer 1594, the death of Balassi
The Long War, Part Nine / August-October 1594, the sieges of Győr and Komárom
The Long War, Part 12 / the second siege of Esztergom
The Long War, Part Ten / 1594, Transylvania breaks up with the Sublime Port
The Long War, Part 11 / the first clashes in 1595
1596-1600
The Long War, Part 15 / 1596: the Fall of Eger
The Long War, Part 16 / 1596, The Battle of Mezőkeresztes
The long War, Part 17 / the retaking of Tata castle with a “petard”
The Long War, Part 18 / Taking Pápa Castle, losing Tata, and the siege of Győr
The Long War, Part 19 / the Battle of Vác-Verőce, November 1597
The Long War, Part 20 / the retaking of Győr castle, 1598
The Long War, Part 21 / the sieges of Buda and Várad castles, 1598
The Long War, Part 22; a great Hajdú victory in 1599
The Long War, Part 23 / Christian ambushes, 1599
The Long War, Part 24/ Troubles in Transylvania, 1596-1599
The Long War, Part 27/The mutiny of Walloon mercenaries in Pápa castle, 1600
The Long War, Part 25/ The Battle of Miriszló, 1600
The Long War, Part 26/ The siege of Kanizsa Castle, 1600
1601-1606
The Long War, Part 28 / Battles around Fehérvár, 1601
The Long War, Part 29 / 1601, the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa Castle
The Long War, Part 30 / the fall of Székesfehérvár castle in 1602
The Long War, Part 31; 1602: Basta’s victory in Transylvania and the Siege of Buda
The Long War, Part 32; military actions in the first part of 1603
The Long War, Part 33; the third siege of Buda, 1603
The Long War, Part 34 / The Siege of Esztergom, 1604
The Long War, Part 35; Internal war in Transylvania 1600-1604
The Long War, Part 36 / The Bocskai Uprising, 1604
The Long War, Part 37 / The heydays of Bocskai, 1605
The Long War, Part 38; 1606 – The creation of a Double Treaty of Peace
The Long War, Part 39 / Conclusion
A very short summary of Hungarian-Ottoman wars
General chronologies
Sources and recommended readings
Review: “As Only True Men Can: Nikola Zrinski’s Last Stand at Sziget”
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