Catholic–Ottoman conflicts

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The Catholic–Ottoman conflicts were a series of military, political, and religious struggles between Catholic European powers and the Ottoman Empire that shaped control of the Mediterranean and southeastern Europe from the late Middle Ages into the early modern period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical conflict
religious war
series of wars
continuedUntil 18th century
economicAspect competition over trade routes
geographicScope Balkans
Central Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
southeastern Europe
ideologicalAspect Ottoman ghaza ideology against Christian powers
defense of Christendom narrative in Catholic Europe
involvedAlliance Holy League
Holy League
surface form: Holy League of 1571

Holy League
surface form: Holy League of 1684
involvedState Duchy of Savoy
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Spain
Papal States
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Republic of Venice
mainBelligerent Christendom
surface form: Catholic states of Europe

Ottoman Empire
navalAspect galley warfare in the Mediterranean
notableBattle Battle of Djerba
Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Mohács (1526)
Battle of Mohács (1687)
Battle of Preveza
Battle of Vienna
surface form: Battle of Vienna (1683)

Battle of Zonchio
Siege of Vienna (1529)
notableSiege Siege of Buda (1541)
War of Candia
surface form: Siege of Candia

Great Siege of Malta
surface form: Siege of Malta (1565)

Siege of Rhodes (1522)
politicalAspect struggle for control of southeastern Europe
struggle for hegemony in the Mediterranean
relatedConflict Crusades
Great Turkish War
Italian Wars
Long Turkish War
Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Ottoman–Venetian wars
religiousAspect Islam–Christianity conflict
Sunni Islam vs Roman Catholicism
resultedIn contraction of Ottoman influence in Europe
expansion of Habsburg power in Central Europe
shift of naval power in the Mediterranean
startedBefore 16th century
timePeriod early modern period
late Middle Ages

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Battle of Lepanto associatedWith Catholic–Ottoman conflicts
Conquest of Ceuta conflict Catholic–Ottoman conflicts
this entity surface form: Christian–Muslim wars in the western Mediterranean
poem "Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton subject Catholic–Ottoman conflicts
subject surface form: Lepanto
this entity surface form: Christian–Ottoman conflicts