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Showing posts with label Ottomans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ottomans. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Enemies of Poland

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The unifying of Poland and Lithuania after the marriage of Jadwiga of Poland and Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania , did not resolve al...
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

The Order of the Dragon

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Sigismund, King of Hungary, had an awkward relationship to that title. He only became king because of his marriage to Queen Mary of Hungary....
Monday, October 2, 2023

Vlad the Father

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Vlad III Dracul was the son of Vlad II Dracul. Vlad the father was an illegitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia, voiv ode  (military leader)...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Dracula versus the Turks

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Long before he engaged in the bloodthirsty military tactics that made him the historical inspiration for a vampire count, Vlad Tsepes (a you...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

1453-The End

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Historic periods rarely have well-defined dates, unless they can point to a specific event that created definitive change. One can say there...
Friday, October 31, 2014

A King in Hiding

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Władysław III of Poland was born on 31 October 1424. He was named King of Poland when he was 10 years old and King of Hungary at the age ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Who Were the Mamluks?

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Mamluk going to war, from a 14th century History of the Tatars The short answer to the question posed in the title is "slaves.&qu...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

The New Church

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Explanation of cross-in-square from this  fascinating site. Today is May Day, and the anniversary of the consecration of the Nea Ekklesi...