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Europe Facing East in the Age of Ottoman Power

War, Diplomacy, and the Composite State

James Tracy

290 pages, 2 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-83695-269-5 $135.00/£104.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (December 2025)

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From 1526 to 1606, the Habsburg–Ottoman contest for control of Hungary dominated the external affairs of central Europe. This was not simply a religious war in Germany, Catholics and Protestants were at times fighting each other. But in the period covered here (1540–1580) no European state could withstand the sultan’s armies. Austria’s Protestant nobles commanded the forces of their Catholic sovereigns. and in the Holy Roman Empire, after 1555, Protestant and Catholic estates joined against a common threat. Historian James Tracy explores the relative strengths of forces, Habsburg military strategies, and the futility of negotiating from a position of weakness. As “composite”’ states, the Habsburg Monarchy and the Holy Roman Empire are not thought to have functioned well, yet both showed a surprising resilience.

James Tracy was Professor of History at the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 2009. He was also editor of the Journal of Early Modern History (1997 – 2010), and has taught at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, the Sorbonne, and the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His recent publications include: Balkan Wars: Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia, 1499 – 1617 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance and Politics in Holland, 1572 – 1588 (Oxford University Press, 2008); and Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

Subject: History: Medieval/Early ModernPeace and Conflict Studies
Area: EuropeMiddle East & Israel


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