Stephen Sisa : The Spirit of Hungary

"Cromwell was falling in England; Lisbon was becoming the premier market of the world; the first English Prayer Book was being prescribed by Parliament; Montaigne was writing his essays; Philip of Spain was taking the Netherlands; England was fighting her local Wars of the Roses; Elizabeth was coming to the throne; Shakespeare was writing his immortal works; Michelangelo was completing his grand career; the Gregorian reformation of the calendar was taking place; Mary Stuart was being executed; the Spanish Armada was being destroyed, thus raising England to be Ruler of the Seas; the first English colony was being founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in the New World.

While the Turks were devastating Hungary." - Henry Philippe

16. SUPER DIPLOMAT IN A FRIAR'S GARB (Fráter György)

From Servant to Prelate * A King on the Run * A Diplomatic Chess Game * The Turkish Connection * A Notorious Governor (Gritti) * A Queen Enters the Scene * A Monumental Blunder * Buda Taken by a Ruse * Farewell by Queen Isabella * Maneuvering - until Death

17. TRANSYLVANIA: CITADEL OF HUNGARIAN SPIRIT (Báthory -Bocskai - Bethlen)

Transylvania's Land and People * A Refuge of Hungarian Spirit * Sword and Bible Hand in Hand (István Báthory) * A Curse That Worked (István Bocskay) * From "Saulus" to "Paulus" (Gábor Bethlen) * The Golden Age or Transylvania

18. THE SAGA OF TWO ZRÍNYIS

The Siege of Szigetvár * Suleiman Dead and Still "Alive" * Storming into Certain Death * Count Miklós Zrínyi: The Poet-Warlord * "The Perils of Sziget" (Szigeti veszedelem)

19. THE EFFECTS OF TURKISH RULE IN HUNGARY

Buda in Turkish Days * The Land Devastated * Catastrophic Population Losses * Anti-Hungarian Resettlement Policy

Stephen Sisa : The Spirit of Hungary