Fűrészné Molnár Anikó szerk.: Komárom – Esztergom Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 3. (Tata, 1989)

Történelem - Payer Gábor: Egy 16. századi hugenotta hadvezér és terve a török európai kiűzésére

A 16th century Hugenotte Commander and his Plan the Expelling the Turks Gábor Payer The study makes us aquainted with Francois de La Noue's anti-Turkish plan. Noue has been an autstanding commander of the French religious wars. He was a Hugenotte. If we follow la Noue's course of life and his „Discours politiques et militaires" we get a complete picture of the 16th century French kingdom, of the dominating ballance of forces which was hidden behind the Catholoc-Protestant antagonism, Analysing Noue's military points of view we get closer information about the epoch's military art, about the innovations of the military technique and about the main characteristics of the military tactics of the 16th and 17th centuries. It - puts in evidence the importance of the changes in the course of development of the modern armies. In accordance with this it also treets the formation of the constant armies, the role of the mercenary troops and the new traits of the training system - which mirrors truely the changes that take place in the social relations. Special attention must be payed to Noue's role in renewing the Netherlander military training system. After this, giving a comprihensive picture of Europe's dominating ballance of forces of the period, the author presents in detail Noue's anti-Turkish plan. He refers to his sources (the plans of Pope Leo X) and analyses the importance of La Noue's plan in comparison with the plans of the period. It also presents the reaction of the plan in the 17th century. Of special interest are the references to the Hungarian kingdom of the period in connection with the Turkish conquest. In the end, putting in evidence the importance of the „Discours" in the period's political literature, the author puts in relationship La Noue, the „moralist" commander, with the famous thinkers of the epoch. 104