{"product_id":"soldiers-and-migrants-florin-nicolae-ardelean-9781032722658","title":"Soldiers and Migrants: Foreign Mercenaries in the Principality of Transylvania (1541-1690)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a detailed account of foreigners who performed military service in the Principality of Transylvania over almost one-and-a-half centuries. It explores their social and cultural background, their motivation for seeking employment in these parts of the continent and their performance within the ranks of an army fighting on the borderlands of Christian Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the particular case of Transylvania, the author offers new insights and data on the global process of military migration and mobility in the early modern world. Readers will find a comprehensive analysis of a military system, situated at the crossroads of Western European and Oriental (Ottoman) influences. Using a wide variety of historical sources, the author reconstructs the complex process of adopting and adapting military innovations through the employment of foreign war professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is primarily addressed to scholars interested in migration studies, global history and social and military history. It also targets a larger audience consisting of students and passionate readers interested in the history of Transylvania and East-Central Europe in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Florin Nicolae Ardelean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032722657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032722658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Florin Nicolae Ardelean","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48801310343423,"sku":"9781032722658","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soldiers-and-migrants-florin-nicolae-ardelean-9781032722658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}