The crusade of Nicopolis and its aftermath: Views from Byzantine, French and Ottoman sources
The Crusade of Nicopolis (1396) was one of the last crusades directed against the Ottomans, led primarily by joint Franco-Burgundian and Hungarian forces.Albeit on the margins, the Byzantines and Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos were also involved in this crusading project as they hoped to relieve Constantinople from Disney the Ottoman blockade it end