Turcos - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:46:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Turcos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Fleet of Naples during the 16th century https://historylab.es/fleet-of-naples-during-the-16th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fleet-of-naples-during-the-16th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/flota-de-napoles-durante-el-siglo-xvi/ Chart showing the evolution of the Neapolitan fleet during the 16th century

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]]> The expansion of the existing frontiers in medieval times meant that a growing slave labour force entered into many of the labour transactions during the modern period. Naples and Valencia were two major enclaves in Europe during the 16th century where the Catholic Monarchy fixed its slave trade. During this time Naples was engaged in reinforcing its fleet in preparation for a Turkish offensive, relying on slave labour to cover many of the needs that would progressively arise.
In the Neapolitan fleet, forced labourers accounted for 74.6% of the oarsmen, slaves for 15.4% and volunteers for only 10%. The cost of the workers obliged to provide their services in different ways was determined by successive negotiation phases in which a representative of the viceroy, another of the asentista and the captain general Juan de Cardona had to reach an agreement in order to achieve a synthesis between the different parties and proposals.

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]]> Resources on the Battle of Lepanto https://historylab.es/resources-on-the-battle-of-lepanto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resources-on-the-battle-of-lepanto Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/recursos-sobre-la-batalla-de-lepanto/ Images and documents on the battle of Lepanto. Of particular interest is the woodcut depicting the Virgin of Mount Carmel with Don Juan of Austria and his lieutenant Miguel de Moncada. The Turkish admiral, Ali Baya, is beheaded in the foreground.

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]]> The link contains documents and images related to the Battle of Lepanto. The documents relate to the galleys that made up the King’s Armada in 1571, with which the battle of Lepanto was won, and the slaves that were taken from the Turkish armada as a result of the victory over the Turks. It also includes a royal decree from Philip II, in which he thanks the nobleman Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, for his participation in the battle, and a woodcut depicting Don Juan de Austria and his lieutenant Miguel de Moncada. In the lower part of the image, the Turkish admiral Ali Baya appears in the foreground. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval battle that took place in early October 1571. It pitted the Turkish navy against the Catholic fleet, known as the Holy League, for control of the eastern Mediterranean in the face of the advance of Islam and the continuous Turkish-Berber offensives. Given the imbalance of means and resources on both sides, the Catholic fleet led by Don John of Austria, Philip II’s half-brother, defeated the Turkish-Berber armada, made up of janissaries and thousands of Christian renegades, led by Admiral Ali Baya, in just a few hours. Despite the Christian victory, Lepanto did not mark the end of Turkish power in the eastern Mediterranean.

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