Suleiman the Magnificent 1520 1566
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 1944
- Category
- Fiction
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The die is cast -- Horsetails and worms -- Ancestral aspirations -- The capture of a king -- More was lost at Mohacs -- The sack of Rome -- The end of the Renaissance -- The gates of Vienna -- Last gasp in Europe -- The natural enemy.
Overview: A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna
Suleiman the Magnificent, most glorious of the Ottoman sultans, kept Europe atremble for nearly half a century. In a few years he led his army as far as the gates of Vienna, made himself master of the Mediterranean and established his court in Baghdad. Faced with this redoubtable champion, who regar
<div><p>Suleiman's reign as Sultan marked the apogee of Ottoman power. His empire held dominion over three continents, and, populated by more than thirty million inhabitants, prospered under a well-directed and authoritarian economy. In this celebrated book AndrΓ© Clot successfully produces both a li