The fifteenth century marked a decisive moment in world history as the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe posed a grave threat to Christianity, highlighted by the fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1453, drawing the attention of the Papacy and of all the states of Christian Europe. Amidst this turmoil, John Hunyadi rose to lead the struggle against the Islamic invaders. As voivode of Transylvania, and later royal governor and captain-general of Hungary, he became the principal defender of Christian Europe from 1441 until his death in 1456. He led several crusading efforts to halt the Turkish advance into Europe, including a remarkable victory over the Turks at the battle of Niš in 1443 that secured his fame as a warrior for the Christian cause.
This biography explores the life and times of John Hunyadi. It traces the history of the threat posed by the Ottoman Turks leading up to the great clashes of the fifteenth century and makes critical use of primary sources to tell the story of the man who directed the effort to defend Christian Europe against the Islamic onslaught. As leader of this struggle, John Hunyadi became a hero not only to Romanians and Hungarians, but to all the peoples of the Balkans as well. He led Christian forces in the great battles of the epoch, including Varna in 1444 and Kosovo in 1448. His last great victory occurred when he conducted the successful defense of Belgrade against the Turks in 1456 for which Pope Calixtus III declared him an &;Athlete of Christ.&;

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Academician Camil Muresanu

Muresanu, Camil

Camil Mureşanu

United States, United States of America

Iaşi ; Oxford [u.a, 2018

Second revised, 2018

Las Vegas, 2019

Buffalo, 2018

Oct 15, 2018

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Source title: John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom

Contents 6
Chapter I John Hunyadi in Historiography 10
Chapter II “The Crescent’s Furious Storm...” 30
Chapter III Under the Sign of the Raven with a Ring 44
Chapter IV Between Two Enemies 62
Chapter V In Transylvania and Wallachia 78
Chapter VI Toward the Heart of the Balkans 92
Chapter VII Varna 108
Chapter VIII At the Danube Border 128
Chapter IX At the Height of Glory 144
Chapter X John Hunyadi and the Romanian Principalities 158
Chapter XI Beside the Grave of Murad I 165
Chapter XII Anxieties and Disappointments 190
Chapter XIII Defender of Christendom 212
Chapter XIV The Personality of John Hunyadi 227
Bibliography 234
Index 240
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Biography of John Hunyadi who, as voivode of Transylvania, and later royal governor and captain-general of Hungary, became the principal defender of Christian Europe from 1441 until his death in 1456. He led crusading efforts to halt the Ottoman advance into Europe, including a remarkable victory over the Turks at the battle of Niš in 1443.

Biography of John Hunyadi who, as voivode of Transylvania, and later royal governor and captain-general of Hungary, became the principal defender of Christian Europe from 1441 until his death in 1456. He led crusading efforts to halt the Ottoman advance into Europe, including a remarkable victory over the Turks at the battle of Nis in 1443.

Camil Mureşanu. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

2021-05-20