Balkan or Border Warfare? Glimpses from the Early Modern Period
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At the beginning of the early modern period, the concept of Europe did not yet exist. Religion, not politics or geography, was the defining criterion. It was Christendom that people referred to – not Europe – when they wanted to introduce the concept of burden-sharing. In military terms, differences between Oriental and Occidental empires were less obvious; if anything, the Ottomans seemed to have a head-start in terms of centralization and professionalism. It was not the impact of Ottoman rule as such that created the conditions for “Balkan warfare”. It was the unsettled character of the borders between “East” and “West” that gave rise to a form of low-intensity conflict that might be said to provide a foretaste of what came to be known as Balkan warfare.
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Balkan warfare / Early Modern period / Ottomans / Habsburgs / VeniceSource:
Balcanica, 2019, 50, 85-103Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Höbelt, Lothar PY - 2019 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/7807 AB - At the beginning of the early modern period, the concept of Europe did not yet exist. Religion, not politics or geography, was the defining criterion. It was Christendom that people referred to – not Europe – when they wanted to introduce the concept of burden-sharing. In military terms, differences between Oriental and Occidental empires were less obvious; if anything, the Ottomans seemed to have a head-start in terms of centralization and professionalism. It was not the impact of Ottoman rule as such that created the conditions for “Balkan warfare”. It was the unsettled character of the borders between “East” and “West” that gave rise to a form of low-intensity conflict that might be said to provide a foretaste of what came to be known as Balkan warfare. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA T2 - Balcanica T1 - Balkan or Border Warfare? Glimpses from the Early Modern Period SP - 85 EP - 103 VL - 50 DO - 10.2298/BALC1950085H UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7807 ER -
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Höbelt, L.. (2019). Balkan or Border Warfare? Glimpses from the Early Modern Period. in Balcanica Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA., 50, 85-103. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1950085H https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7807
Höbelt L. Balkan or Border Warfare? Glimpses from the Early Modern Period. in Balcanica. 2019;50:85-103. doi:10.2298/BALC1950085H https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7807 .
Höbelt, Lothar, "Balkan or Border Warfare? Glimpses from the Early Modern Period" in Balcanica, 50 (2019):85-103, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1950085H ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_7807 .