Nicopolis 1396
Subtitle: The Last Crusade (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275988425
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Battles & campaigns; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; History - Military / War; Military; Byzantine Empire; Europe; Ottoman Empire; Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics; Medieval; Military - Other; History / Military / General; Military - General; Crusades; Later, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries; Nicopolis, Battle of, Nikopol, Bulgaria, 1396
First sentence: The background to the Nicopolis Crusade is to be found in the rapid spread of Ottoman Turkish conquests, particularly in the southern Balkans during the second half of the 14th century.