Fatuska János – Fülöp Éva Mária – ifj. Gyuszi László (szerk.): Annales Tataienses I. Tata a tizenöt éves háborúban. Mecénás Közalapítvány. Tata, 1998.
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The real light cavalry in Hungary had been the Hussars, but not the classical light armed Hussars of the second half of the XVII. th, century. At this earlier time their weapons had been complex, made up from the arms of the knight age and also from the modern fire arm belonging to the modern tactics. While within this study the armament of the Turkish army cannot be enumerated, it can be said at least, that in the course of the 15 Years War their weakness had been revealed, that is their backwardness in the fire arm race. Vendel Kiss: The Portrayals of the Siege of Tata Summary The first individual graphics about the Tata castles had appeared under the 15 years war. These had been published as illustration of journals, leaflets or historical works. Six engravings out of the eight that had been published shows the May 23. rd, 1579 recapture of the castle. The artistic value and the adequacy of the pictures are different. The more valuable pictures show the events according to the contemporary chronicles. The purpose of the engravings about the siege had been to inform and to document. The number of these shows the judgement of the significance of the events at that time. The interest generated by these pictures contributed to the fact that Tata has great number of engravings from the XVII. th, century. János Fatuska: Pictures of Battles from the 15 years War The Frank Hohenlohe family first appeared in the XII. th, century in the written sources. By this time Weikersheim at the river Tauber was owned by the family already. Count Wolfgang (1546-1610) the head of the family had moved his residence to Weikersheim, and rebuilt the old water castle between 1586 -1603 into a remarkable renaissance palace. In the southern wing of the castle twelve pictures of Balthasar Katzenberger from Würzburg had been placed in the dining room, which are showing the battles and 159
