Soldiers and Migrants
Foreign Mercenaries in the Principality of Transylvania (1541-1690)
Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 23 June 2026
- ISBN 9781032722658
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages210 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 550 g
- Language English 791
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Short description:
This book provides a detailed picture of foreigners who performed military service in the Principality of Transylvania over almost one and a half centuries.?
MoreLong description:
This book provides a detailed account of foreigners who performed military service in the Principality of Transylvania over almost one-and-a-half centuries. It explores their social and cultural background, their motivation for seeking employment in these parts of the continent and their performance within the ranks of an army fighting on the borderlands of Christian Europe.
By focusing on the particular case of Transylvania, the author offers new insights and data on the global process of military migration and mobility in the early modern world. Readers will find a comprehensive analysis of a military system, situated at the crossroads of Western European and Oriental (Ottoman) influences. Using a wide variety of historical sources, the author reconstructs the complex process of adopting and adapting military innovations through the employment of foreign war professionals.
This book is primarily addressed to scholars interested in migration studies, global history and social and military history. It also targets a larger audience consisting of students and passionate readers interested in the history of Transylvania and East-Central Europe in general.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1:?The Army of the Transylvanian Principality: organization, recruitment, motivation
Chapter 2:?Foreign soldiers in the service of Transylvanian rulers (1541-1593)
Chapter 3:?Giovanni Battista Castaldo and his mercenaries in Transylvania (1551-1553)
Chapter 4:?Transylvania and the Long Turkish War (1593-1606): the recruitment of foreign troops
Chapter 5:?The Golden Age of the Principality and the rise of the German mercenary (1606-1660)
Chapter 6:?Foreign soldiers in Transylvania during the last decades of the autonomous principality (1661-1690)
Conclusion
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