Dózsa Peasant Uprising 1514
Dózsa Peasant Uprising 1514 In 1512, Selim I became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In the same year, the Turks occupied Srebernik, which the Hungarians were unable to recover. As a result of further Turkish successes, Pope Leo X announced a crusade against the Turks in 1513, in which he wanted to include Sweden, Denmark-Norway, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Russian principalities, the Teutonic Knights, the Polish-Lithuanian Union, Havasalföld and Republic of Ragusa. Tamás Bakócz, the archbishop of Esztergom and the emissary of the Holy See, was entrusted with the organization of the army. Although the nobility protested due to the untimeliness and poor organization, Bakócz managed to have the papal bull promulgated on April 9, 1514.[1][2] There was a good opportunity for the attack, because Selim I's empire was involved in a war with Persia on the eastern edges. After the end of the Peasants' War, the Ottomans inflicted a decisive defeat on the Persians in the Battle of Cha...