dc.contributor.advisor | Özel, Oktay | |
dc.contributor.author | Wawrzyniak, Krzysztof | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-01T10:57:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-01T10:57:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/29285 | |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of article. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The Ottoman Empire and Poland-Lithuania remained direct neighbors from the late
Middle Ages until the end of eighteenth century. Long coexistence of both states led
to development of rich and diverse forms of contacts on various levels. The sixteenth
century was marked by both continuity and change in the bilateral contacts. The
overall peaceful political and diplomatic cooperation during the reign of the last
Jagiellonians evolved into active competition by the end of the sixteenth century.
The Ottoman statesmen tried to influence results of first royal elections and to secure
continuity of the balance of power in Central Europe. This policy became most
successful during the reign of Stephan Bathory. The reign of Bathory’s successor,
Sigismund III Vasa became a step towards a century of military conflicts between
the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Unlike the political
relations, trade and other economic activities remained stable.
The thesis will present a critical approach towards existing historiography as
such and it will reexamine major questions concerning the Ottoman-Polish relations
in the sixteenth century. The Ottoman attempts to influence the royal elections in
Poland-Lithuania and the border activities of the Cossacks, the Tatars and the border
lords will be analyzed, in order to verify whether they influenced the deterioration of
bilateral political and diplomatic issues. Practical dimensions of everyday OttomanPolish
contacts together with analysis of major reasons of changes in relations will
be the focal point of this study. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Wawrzyniak, Krzysztof | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 124 leaves, facsims | en_US |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Ottoman Empire | en_US |
dc.subject | Trade | en_US |
dc.subject | Diplomacy | en_US |
dc.subject | Lithuania | en_US |
dc.subject | Poland | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | DR479.P7 W39 2003 | en_US |
dc.title | Ottoman-Polish diplomatic relations in the sixteenth century | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.department | Department of History | en_US |
dc.publisher | Bilkent University | en_US |
dc.description.degree | M.A. | en_US |
dc.identifier.itemid | BILKUTUPB071246 | |