Janissaries: The Ottoman Soldiers Recruited From Enslaved Christian Boys

In this video, we explore how the Janissaries became the Sultan’s elite, why they were recruited from enslaved Christians, how they fought, and why they were different from western pike and shot armies. Agoston, Gabor, Firearms and Military Adaptation: The Ottomans and the European Military Revolution, 1450-1800, in: Journal of World History (2014), pp. 85-124. Aksan, Virginia H., s.v. Janissaries, in: Holmes, Singleton, Jones (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Military History, Oxford 2001.

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