The War Of Varna Under The Banner Of The Crusade

The war of Varna with a short duration is the last war of the whole Crusade,the crusadeof Varna has played an indelible role not only in fighting against the Ottoman TurkishEmpire’s expansion, has played a major part but also in The fall of Byzantine Empire.In this thesis, the war of Varna will be introduced based on the Crusades of Varna, andwill a tentative analysis on the forming background, development process, the failure reasons,post-war influence of the Crusades to show the whole war of Varna. This thesis describes thecampaigns of1443: Wladyslaw III coalition’s surprise attack on Turkey, the Preparations andnegotiations in1444and the campaign of1444in detail, also gives an brief account for thecharacters, military composition, line of march, strategies and tactics, etc.The crusades of Varna is a bond between Balkans region and Western Europe Catholicchurch, is part of the Crusades of the anti-Ottoman Turkish Empire, experiencing a longdeveloping process. The War involved the Poland-Hungary kingdom, Venice community,Genoa, Burgundy, Serbia kingdom, the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire, etc. Thestruggle between Antipope Amedeo VIII and Pope Eugene IV intensifies during this period,the numerous social conflicts and ethnic contradictions emerge endlessly as well.At this time, the military force of the crusades is weakening gradually in the process offighting against Ottoman Turkey Empire. This paper also tries to explore other problems,which are the cognition of all sorts of forces and operation ways in the war of Varna and thepoint of view toward geopolitical order from the common interests and different interestsduring the war.