Turci v Európe. Okolnosti osmanského obsadenia prvých pevností v byzantskej Trácii v rokoch 1352 – 1354

Turks in Europe. On the Ottoman occupation of the first Byzantine fortresses in Thrace in 1352-1354

Autor: HURBANIČ Martin

HURBANIČ, Martin: Turci v Európe. Okolnosti osmanského obsadenia prvých pevností v byzantskej Trácii v rokoch 1352 – 1354

HURBANIČ, M.: Turks in Europe. On the Ottoman occupation of the first Byzantine fortresses in Thrace in 1352-1354.

Vojenská história, 4, 26, 2022, pp 7-29, Bratislava.

Only very few medieval chroniclers from Central Europe reflected the beginnings of the Ottoman expansion in their works. The arrival of the Turks in Europe and the occupation of the first fortresses on the Thracian peninsula of Gallipoli in the Dardanelles are explained by these authors in a monocausal way - by the internal dispute of hostile candidates for the Byzantine throne and the desire for power of one of them. In his contribution, the author focuses on indicating the deeper connections and causes of the Ottoman arrival in Europe, which can be reconstructed in relatively detail based on the reports of contemporary Byzantine authors.

Key words: Military history, arrival of the Turks in Europe, beginning of Ottoman expansion in Europe in 1352-1354, fortresses in the Byzantine Thrace

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2022.26.4.1

Ročník: 26 | Číslo: 4/2022 | Stránky: 7-29