The Siege of Vienna · The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent by Stoye, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Illustrations Maps and Places Some of the Principal Personages 1. The Origins of the Ottoman Attack

I. The Ottoman army enters Hungary II. The Ottoman constitution III. The defences of the Ottoman Empire IV. Ottoman policy in eastern Europe 1656-82 V. Kara Mustafa's objectives 1682-3

2. Leopold I and the City of Vienna

I. The Emperor and his court II. The Hofburg and the Herrengasse III. The fortifications of Vienna IV. The municipality of Vienna V. Burghers and noblemen

3. The Defence of Habsburg Interests in Europe

I. The condition of the Empire II. Money and men III. Treaties with Bavaria and Hanover IV. Thököly, and the treaty with Poland

4. The Threat to Vienna

I. The campaign in Hungary II. Crisis in Austria III. The flight from Vienna

5. The Siege

I. The first week II. Counterscarp and ravelin

6. Outside the City

I. The Tartars II. North of the Danube III. The messengers to and from Vienna IV. The government at Passau

7. Warsaw, Dresden, Berlin and Regensburg

I. Sobieski's journey to the Danube II. John George's journey to the Danube III. Frederick William's refusal IV. Leopold defies Louis XIV

8. The Relief of Vienna

I. Leopold's journey down the Danube II. The Turks close in on the city III. The crossing of the Danube and the Wiener Wald IV. 12 September, 1683

9. The Consequences of Victory

I. Rejoicing and disenchantment II. The death of the Grand Vezir III. Thököly and Sobieski IV. The Holy Alliance of 1684 V. The fall of Luxembourg VI. Vienna after the siege

Notes and References Index

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