Great history, but I think “Christian factionalism” doesn’t accurately render a very important aspect of the narrative: Protestant Europe was actively undermining Catholic Holy League, while reformers like Martin Luther praised the Turks as being that “necessary” flog to punish Catholic Europe for its sins.
Great history, but I think “Christian factionalism” doesn’t accurately render a very important aspect of the narrative: Protestant Europe was actively undermining Catholic Holy League, while reformers like Martin Luther praised the Turks as being that “necessary” flog to punish Catholic Europe for its sins.
Absolutely, england and the Dutch/protestant belgium sailed at lepanto as the third fleet of the islamic force.
The Battle Of The Gates Of Vienna has an almost entirely protestant force as the “islamic” army.