Under Arms in the Late Middle Ages in Central and Eastern Europe. The Case of the Ottoman Campaign
Journal: Revista Istorică
Year: 2023

The article examines the context of the Moldavian-Ottoman war of 1476 from the perspective of the fighters’ desertion from the Christian armies involved in this military conflict (there are considered the armies of Moldavia, Hungary, and Poland). There is also highlighted the military, social and climatic context of Southeast Europe which contributed to the phenomenon of desertion in the summer of 1476. In the case of the army of Stephen the Great, it is argued that neither the militarily necess