...-­5. $75.96. Reviewed by T. G. Otte. Faced with the irresistible progress of Ottoman power in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixteenth century, Christendom faced a Turkengefahr or Turkish Peril. That, at any rate, was the view advanced by Habsburg rulers at the time...

... by Habsburg rulers at the time, and by a whole host of propagandists who subsequently took up the Habsburg cause. It was an early modern version of Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” — a belea- guered Central and Western Europe acting in defense of Christian values and locked in a fierce...

... with the irresistible progress of Ottoman power in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixteenth century, Christendom faced a Turkengefahr or Turkish Peril. That, at any rate, was the view advanced by Habsburg rulers at the time, and by a whole host of propagandists who subsequently took up...

...:36 AM Page 43 Saltiel: Austria 43 been centrally involved in the development of Europe. At the center of two empires (the Holy Roman and the Habsburg) and two world wars, Austria seemed always...

... preserved in Serbian churches in Bosnia date from the times when this territory was under Ottoman and Habsburg rule. Those icons tes- Rakic´: “Migrating Icons” 45 tify to the spiritual expression of a people who endeavored, by maintaining their cultural...

..., Habsburgers, and their descendants. Indeed, map- makers today can whip up a customized atlas to promote any Balkan ter- ritorial claim, population prominence, cultural sphere, perceived nationalist whim, or trend. The political polyglots lurk nearby, ever ready to exploit the most reliable...

.../of/news-­129. 62  Mediterranean Quarterly: September 2017 Since antiquity, there have been several attempts to unify Europe into a single political, economic, and military entity under the ancient Roman Empire, Charlemagne, the Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties, Napoleon, and even Hitler. What...

... and irrevocable. Croatia and Slovenia accepted Catholicism and in the latter part of the fourteenth century passed under the control of the Habsburg Empire. Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and adjacent lands accepted Orthodoxy and for the most part...

... schools, and many senior pupils, especially those of poorer families, had no alter- native but to join the army if they sought any kind of professional career.32 Among this group of officers, the pro-Habsburg policy of the Obrenovich dynasty was greatly...