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Nicopolis 1396

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Middle Ages (500 to 1500 A.D.)

Last Stocked on 4/17/2015

Product Info

Title
Nicopolis 1396
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
1999
Pages
96
Dimensions
7x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147564884
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM064
Type
Softcover

Description

By the second half of the 14th century, the once mighty Byzantine Empire had been reduced to little more than the city of Constantinople. In 1391 the Ottoman ruler Sultan Bayazid I 'The Lightning' besieged the city. Pope Boniface IX preached a crusade and a French-led army of 10,000 marched east. At Nicopolis they met the Ottoman army in battle. Ignoring the advice of their Hungarian and Transylvanian allies the Crusaders charged the Turks and were in turn smashed by the Ottoman heavy cavalry. This book details how the last Crusade ended on the banks of the Danube as the Crusaders desperately sought to escape from the pursuing Turks.