SEMPACH

zĕmˈpäkh, town (1990 pop. 3,096), Lucerne canton, N central Switzerland, on the Lake of Sempach. Near Sempach the Swiss decisively defeated the Austrians in 1386.

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From Spear to Flintlock: A History of War in Europe and the Middle East to the French Revolution
Book by Frederic J. Baumgartner; Praeger Publishers, 1991
Subjects: Europe--History, Military, Middle East--History, Military
...was Lucemes occupation of the town of Sempach in 1385, clearly a Habsburg fief. Duke...Switzerland in 1386. He decided to recover Sempach first before striking into Swiss territory...apparently left his infantry to invest Sempach, as there is no mention of Austrian infantry...
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Medieval Warfare: A Bibliographical Guide
Book by Everett U. Crosby; Garland, 2000
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History, Military--Bibliography, Europe--History, Military--Bibliography, Islamic Empire--History, Military--Bibliography, Military Art And Science--Byzantine Empire--History--Bibliography, Military Art And Science--Europe--History--To 1500--Bibliography, Military Art And Science--Islamic Empire--History--Bibliography
...Liebenau, Theodor von, Die Schlacht bei Sempach. Luzern: C. Prell, 1886 . Marchal, Guy P., Sempach 1386. Von den Anfangen des Territorialstaates...Guy P., Zum Verlauf der Schlacht bei Sempach. Ein quellen-kritischer Nachtrag. Schweizerische...
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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War
Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy
Map 17.6 Sempach: Tactical Area of Operations Adapted...army at Sursee, about five miles from Sempach, and marched on the town. Having surrounded...infantry. The Swiss force in and around Sempach was between 6,000 and 8,000 men...
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European Balladry
Book by William J. Entwistle; Clarendon Press, 1939
Subjects: Ballads--History And Criticism
...popular acceptance, as they celebrated Sempach 1386 , Nafels, Birs, Granson, Murten...professional soldiering. The Battle of Sempach ErkBohme 231 is one of the earliest of...hang the insurgents, and the mayor of Sempach replies with eulogies of
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The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450)
Book by Ephraim Emerton; AMS Press, 1917
Subjects: Europe--History
...The decisive shock took place on the field of Sempach, ten miles northwest of Lucerne, where the...weapons and equipment to the victors. Battle of Sempach, July 9, 1386 The day of Sempach marks for the Swiss patriot the highest point...
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The Urner Tellenspiel of 1512: Strategies of Early Political Drama
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., German literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Urner Tellspiel (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, paying particular attention to the decisive engagements of Morgarten (1315) and Sempach (1386), and rising to a rattling crescendo of battles "too many to count" (l. 561). The piece ends as it began, with...
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Christian Pessimism on the Walls of the Vatican Galleria Delle Carte Geografiche
Journal article by Walter Goffart; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Geography, Historical--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Maps, Early--Analysis, Vatican City--Galleries and museums
...this kind occur in Wolfgang Laziuss eleven-map atlas of the Habsburg dominions (1561); e.g., the disastrous battle of Sempach is marked "Austriadum clades 1385" (without an illustration) on the map of the upper Rhine. See Oberhummer, 35. Banff...


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Hotels in the Grand Tradition
Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, June 23, 2001
...and walking along numerous routes. Golf is available at three of the areas best golf courses - in Lucerne, Kussnacht and Sempach - about 20 minutes from the hotel. Another cogwheel train runs up Rigi from Goldau, a nearby village, and a cable car operates...


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encyclopedia articles on: Sempach  - 4 results

 
 
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Sempach
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEMPACH zem pakh, town (1990 pop. 3,096), Lucerne canton, N central Switzerland, on the Lake of Sempach. Near Sempach the Swiss decisively defeated the Austrians in 1386...
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Lucerne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...orchards and large forested areas. It contains the Lake of Sempach and borders on the Lake of Lucerne. There are several resort...Confederation in 1332 and gained full freedom after the battle of Sempach (1386). It became capital of the Helvetic Republic in 1798...
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Winkelried, Arnold Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WINKELRIED, ARNOLD VON ar nolt f n ving k lret, d. 1386, Swiss hero. His action at the battle of Sempach (July 9, 1386) is credited in legend with the Swiss defeat of the Austrians under Duke Leopold. According to the legend, Winkelried...
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Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...triumphed at Morgarten (1315) and, joined by Lucerne, Zurich, Zug, Glarus, and Bern, decisively defeated the Hapsburgs at Sempach (1386) and Nafels (1388). In the 15th cent. the Swiss league rose to the first rank as a military power. The conquest...


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