Novitates de turcis scribit: Spies and news about Ottomans on borders of Transylvania and Southern Parts up to 1526
Author(s)
Livia Magina
Date Issued
2022
Type
article
Volume
5
Start Page
97
End Page
110
Journal
Abstract
The issue of news about Ottomans in Transylvanian territories was not subject of Romanian or Hungarian scholars’ debate. The Turkish threat was permanent and became „intimate” at the southern borders of the Hungarian kingdom in the 15th and 16th centuries. As part of the kingdom, Transylvanians were directly involved in fighting the Ottomans, but also in a huge network of spies and news about the Crescent. The proximity and the close connections with Wallachia and Moldavia of the Saxon towns in the south Transylvania, allowed them to inform the Transylvanian or even Hungarian central authorities about Ottomans. A lot of news described troop movements, its number or possible invasions in different parts of the Hungarian Kingdom. In reality, most of this news was just rumors’, but produced fear and the feeling of insecurity for both officials and ordinary people.
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