[Rummyfan]

[Honorary Serb]

Serbian bump!!!

[Carriage Hill]

Fascinating read about the Belgrade stand and war. Thanks.

[Fiji Hill]

Unfortunately for Christendom, this battle was only a temporary check on the rise of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. The Turks would succeed in taking Belgrade in 1521. Their expansion into central Europe would finally be stopped at Vienna in 1529.

[wjcsux]

The Muzzies haven’t changed much, have they?

[Fiji Hill]

"Meanwhile, the 70-year-old Franciscan friar, John Capistrano, went to southern Hungary calling on the people to take the cross and defend their nation against Islam. His 'burning zeal, soul-piercing eloquence, and heroic austerities' set tens of thousands of the lower classes aflame. Before long, a massive crusader force of some 40,000 peasants was following Capistrano."

Mission San Juan Capistrano, in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.