James Tracy was Professor of History at the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 2009. He was also editor of the Journal of Early Modern History (1997 – 2010), and has taught at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, the Sorbonne, and the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His recent publications include: Balkan Wars: Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia, 1499 – 1617 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance and Politics in Holland, 1572 – 1588 (Oxford University Press, 2008); and Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

• IntroductionPart I. The Balance of PowerChapter 1. Foreign Correspondence: European Accounts of Sultan Suleyman’s Persian Campaigns, 1548 and 1554Chapter 2. Charles V Reneges? A Campaign in Hungary That Never WasChapter 3. The Road to Szigetvár: Ferdinand I’s Defense of his Hungarian Border, 1548 – 1564Chapter 4.  “Tokaj, 1565: A Habsburg Prize of War and an Ottoman Casus Belli,” in Pál Fodor, ed., The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár (Brill: Leiden: 2019), 359–376Part II. Negotiating from a Position of WeaknessChapter 5. “The Grand Vezir and the Small Republic: Dubrovnik and Rüstem Paşa, 1544 – 1561,” Turkish Historical Review, I (2010): 196–214Chapter 6. “The Ambassador as Third Party: Busbecq’s Summary Account for the Year 1559,” Acta Histriae, 22 (2014), 1–12Chapter 7. “A Castle in Dalmatia: Zemunik in the Veneto-Ottoman Peace Negotiations of 1573 – 1574,” Journal of Opinions, Ideas, and Essays (JOIE), 1 (2013), no. 7Chapter 8. “The Logic of Kleinkrieg: The ‘Book of Halil Beg’ in Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy, 1550 – 1576,” Austrian History Yearbook, LII (2021), 85–101Part III. Dynasties and Composite StatesChapter 9. “Reformed Perspectives on the Habsburg-Ottoman Conflict, 1564 – 1576: Notes on the Correspondence of Beza, Bullinger, and Gwalther,” in Amy Nelson Burnett, Kathleen M. Comerford, Karin Maag, eds., Politics, Gender and Belief: Essays on the Long-Term Impact of the Reformation (Geneva: Droz, 2014), 73–94Chapter 10. “Advice from a Lutheran Politique: Ambassador David Ungnad’s Circular Letter to the Austrian Estates, 1576,” in Victoria Christman, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, eds., Cultural Shifts and Transformations in Reformation Europe (Leiden:” Brill, 2020). 193–209Chapter 11. “The Habsburg Monarchy in Conflict with the Ottoman Empire, 1526 – 1593: A Clash of Civilizations,” Austrian History Yearbook, XLVI (2015): 1- 28EpilogueBibliographyIndex

James Tracy was Professor of History at the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 2009. He was also editor of the Journal of Early Modern History (1997 – 2010), and has taught at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, the Sorbonne, and the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His recent publications include: Balkan Wars: Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia, 1499 – 1617 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance and Politics in Holland, 1572 – 1588 (Oxford University Press, 2008); and Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

• IntroductionPart I. The Balance of PowerChapter 1. Foreign Correspondence: European Accounts of Sultan Suleyman’s Persian Campaigns, 1548 and 1554Chapter 2. Charles V Reneges? A Campaign in Hungary That Never WasChapter 3. The Road to Szigetvár: Ferdinand I’s Defense of his Hungarian Border, 1548 – 1564Chapter 4.  “Tokaj, 1565: A Habsburg Prize of War and an Ottoman Casus Belli,” in Pál Fodor, ed., The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár (Brill: Leiden: 2019), 359–376Part II. Negotiating from a Position of WeaknessChapter 5. “The Grand Vezir and the Small Republic: Dubrovnik and Rüstem Paşa, 1544 – 1561,” Turkish Historical Review, I (2010): 196–214Chapter 6. “The Ambassador as Third Party: Busbecq’s Summary Account for the Year 1559,” Acta Histriae, 22 (2014), 1–12Chapter 7. “A Castle in Dalmatia: Zemunik in the Veneto-Ottoman Peace Negotiations of 1573 – 1574,” Journal of Opinions, Ideas, and Essays (JOIE), 1 (2013), no. 7Chapter 8. “The Logic of Kleinkrieg: The ‘Book of Halil Beg’ in Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy, 1550 – 1576,” Austrian History Yearbook, LII (2021), 85–101Part III. Dynasties and Composite StatesChapter 9. “Reformed Perspectives on the Habsburg-Ottoman Conflict, 1564 – 1576: Notes on the Correspondence of Beza, Bullinger, and Gwalther,” in Amy Nelson Burnett, Kathleen M. Comerford, Karin Maag, eds., Politics, Gender and Belief: Essays on the Long-Term Impact of the Reformation (Geneva: Droz, 2014), 73–94Chapter 10. “Advice from a Lutheran Politique: Ambassador David Ungnad’s Circular Letter to the Austrian Estates, 1576,” in Victoria Christman, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, eds., Cultural Shifts and Transformations in Reformation Europe (Leiden:” Brill, 2020). 193–209Chapter 11. “The Habsburg Monarchy in Conflict with the Ottoman Empire, 1526 – 1593: A Clash of Civilizations,” Austrian History Yearbook, XLVI (2015): 1- 28EpilogueBibliographyIndex

James Tracy was Professor of History at the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 2009. He was also editor of the Journal of Early Modern History (1997 – 2010), and has taught at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, the Sorbonne, and the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His recent publications include: Balkan Wars: Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia, 1499 – 1617 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance and Politics in Holland, 1572 – 1588 (Oxford University Press, 2008); and Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

• IntroductionPart I. The Balance of PowerChapter 1. Foreign Correspondence: European Accounts of Sultan Suleyman’s Persian Campaigns, 1548 and 1554Chapter 2. Charles V Reneges? A Campaign in Hungary That Never WasChapter 3. The Road to Szigetvár: Ferdinand I’s Defense of his Hungarian Border, 1548 – 1564Chapter 4.  “Tokaj, 1565: A Habsburg Prize of War and an Ottoman Casus Belli,” in Pál Fodor, ed., The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár (Brill: Leiden: 2019), 359–376Part II. Negotiating from a Position of WeaknessChapter 5. “The Grand Vezir and the Small Republic: Dubrovnik and Rüstem Paşa, 1544 – 1561,” Turkish Historical Review, I (2010): 196–214Chapter 6. “The Ambassador as Third Party: Busbecq’s Summary Account for the Year 1559,” Acta Histriae, 22 (2014), 1–12Chapter 7. “A Castle in Dalmatia: Zemunik in the Veneto-Ottoman Peace Negotiations of 1573 – 1574,” Journal of Opinions, Ideas, and Essays (JOIE), 1 (2013), no. 7Chapter 8. “The Logic of Kleinkrieg: The ‘Book of Halil Beg’ in Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy, 1550 – 1576,” Austrian History Yearbook, LII (2021), 85–101Part III. Dynasties and Composite StatesChapter 9. “Reformed Perspectives on the Habsburg-Ottoman Conflict, 1564 – 1576: Notes on the Correspondence of Beza, Bullinger, and Gwalther,” in Amy Nelson Burnett, Kathleen M. Comerford, Karin Maag, eds., Politics, Gender and Belief: Essays on the Long-Term Impact of the Reformation (Geneva: Droz, 2014), 73–94Chapter 10. “Advice from a Lutheran Politique: Ambassador David Ungnad’s Circular Letter to the Austrian Estates, 1576,” in Victoria Christman, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, eds., Cultural Shifts and Transformations in Reformation Europe (Leiden:” Brill, 2020). 193–209Chapter 11. “The Habsburg Monarchy in Conflict with the Ottoman Empire, 1526 – 1593: A Clash of Civilizations,” Austrian History Yearbook, XLVI (2015): 1- 28EpilogueBibliographyIndex