"Arms and Garb are Required..." Four Texts from the 16th Century on the Turkish Wars, Taking Account of the Fifteen Years' War

Abstract

This study focuses on four works from the 16th century dealing with the issues surrounding the struggles against the Ottoman Empire, which come under the category of military-political admonitions. The objective is to analyse several parts of them and to attempt to compare them.

Keywords

• war
• Turks
• Busbecq
• Chotek
• Schwendi