Empire and Holy War in the Mediterranean: The Galley and Maritime Conflict Between the Habsburgs and Ottomans (International Library of Historical Studies) (Paperback)

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In the century after 1530 the Habsburgs of Spain and the Ottoman Turks fought a maritime war that seemed destined to lead nowhere. Lasting peace was as unlikely as final triumph, in part because the principal beneficiaries of the fighting were pirates or 'corsairs' based in ports such as Malta and Algiers. It was also a war of unequal means, since the Habsburgs had too few good warships and the Ottomans too many bad ones. Phillip Williams here provides a detailed examination of the oared warships used in the fighting, the structures of political and military organization, the role of geography and the environment and the respective claims to be defending 'Christendom' and 'Islam' advanced by Habsburg rulers such as Charles V and Philip II and the Ottoman Sultan S leyman the Magnificent. Providing a unique perspective on early modern maritime conflict, this book will be essential reading for all students and researchers of Mediterranean History and the early modern world.

About the Author


Phillip Williams holds a DPhil from New College, Oxford. He was formerly Lecturer in History at Bangor University.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781784533755
ISBN-10: 1784533750
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Publication Date: July 15th, 2015
Pages: 384
Language: English
Series: International Library of Historical Studies