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Foto: Wikimedia Commons\/CC-BY-SA-4.0\/Sahand Ace<\/p>\nKdy\u017e Mehmed II. v\u00a0roce 1453\u00a0dobyl Konstantinopol, ne\u0161lo jen o\u00a0v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed v\u00a0jedn\u00e9 bitv\u011b. \u0160lo o\u00a0symbolick\u00fd i\u00a0strategick\u00fd zlom, kter\u00fd ukon\u010dil existenci tis\u00edcilet\u00e9 Byzantsk\u00e9 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e a\u00a0otev\u0159el Osmansk\u00e9 \u0159\u00ed\u0161i dve\u0159e do Evropy. V\u00a0tu chv\u00edli m\u011bl mlad\u00fd sult\u00e1n v\u00a0rukou n\u011bco, co se poda\u0159ilo jen m\u00e1lokter\u00e9mu vl\u00e1dci: kontrolu nad jedn\u00edm z\u00a0nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edch m\u011bst sv\u011bta a\u00a0momentum, kter\u00e9 mohl prom\u011bnit v\u00a0dlouhodobou dominanci.<\/p>\n
Evropa se mohla z\u00e1sadn\u011b prom\u011bnit<\/p>\n
P\u00e1d Konstantinopole nebyl n\u00e1hodou ani jednor\u00e1zov\u00fdm \u00fasp\u011bchem. Byl v\u00fdsledkem systematick\u00e9ho tlaku, technologick\u00fdch inovac\u00ed i\u00a0strategick\u00e9ho pl\u00e1nov\u00e1n\u00ed. Osmansk\u00e9 d\u011blost\u0159electvo, logistika a\u00a0schopnost mobilizovat zdroje uk\u00e1zaly, \u017ee se jedn\u00e1 o\u00a0st\u00e1t, kter\u00fd dok\u00e1\u017ee konkurovat evropsk\u00fdm mocnostem nejen vojensky, ale i\u00a0organiza\u010dn\u011b. V\u00a0roce 1453\u00a0tak nevznikla jen nov\u00e1 mocensk\u00e1 realita, vznikla mo\u017enost z\u00e1sadn\u00ed prom\u011bny cel\u00e9 Evropy. Kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e1 ot\u00e1zka zn\u00ed:, pro\u010d se tato prom\u011bna neuskute\u010dnila v\u00a0pln\u00e9m rozsahu?<\/p>\n
Foto: Wikimedia Commons\/CC-BY-SA-4.0\/Sahand Ace<\/p>\n
Za vl\u00e1dy Mehmeda II. byla v\u00a0z\u00e1kladn\u00edch rysech dokon\u010dena vnit\u0159n\u00ed organizace osmansk\u00e9 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e<\/p>\n
Po dobyt\u00ed Konstantinopole m\u011bl Mehmed II. n\u011bkolik mo\u017enost\u00ed. Mohl konsolidovat svou \u0159\u00ed\u0161i, upevnit kontrolu nad Balk\u00e1nem a\u00a0postupn\u011b roz\u0161i\u0159ovat vliv. Nebo mohl vyu\u017e\u00edt moment p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed a\u00a0chaosu v\u00a0Evrop\u011b a\u00a0pokra\u010dovat v\u00a0agresivn\u00ed expanzi d\u00e1l na z\u00e1pad. Pr\u00e1v\u011b zde se za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 r\u00fdsovat jeho potenci\u00e1ln\u00ed \u201eosudov\u00e1 chyba\u201c.<\/p>\n
Osmansk\u00e1 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e mohla r\u016fst<\/p>\n
Evropa v\u00a0polovin\u011b 15.\u00a0stolet\u00ed nebyla jednotn\u00e1. Byla rozt\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u011bn\u00e1, oslaben\u00e1 vnit\u0159n\u00edmi konflikty a\u00a0bez koordinovan\u00e9 obrany proti osmansk\u00e9mu postupu. Svat\u00e1 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e \u0159\u00edmsk\u00e1 byla sp\u00ed\u0161e voln\u00fdm svazkem ne\u017e skute\u010dnou mocnost\u00ed, It\u00e1lie byla rozd\u011blena mezi m\u011bstsk\u00e9 st\u00e1ty a\u00a0Francie i\u00a0Anglie se teprve vzpamatov\u00e1valy z\u00a0dlouh\u00fdch v\u00e1lek. V\u00a0takov\u00e9m prost\u0159ed\u00ed m\u011bla Osmansk\u00e1 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e jedine\u010dnou p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost postupovat rychle a\u00a0rozhodn\u011b.<\/p>\n
M\u00edsto toho v\u0161ak Mehmed II. zvolil opatrn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00edstup. Zam\u011b\u0159il se na upevn\u011bn\u00ed moci v\u00a0ji\u017e dobyt\u00fdch oblastech, reorganizaci st\u00e1tu a\u00a0postupn\u00e9 roz\u0161i\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed vlivu. To bylo z\u00a0kr\u00e1tkodob\u00e9ho hlediska racion\u00e1ln\u00ed. \u0158\u00ed\u0161e pot\u0159ebovala stabilitu, spr\u00e1vu a\u00a0integraci nov\u00fdch \u00fazem\u00ed. Jen\u017ee t\u00edm se z\u00e1rove\u0148 ztratil kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fd faktor, tedy moment p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed a\u00a0neschopnost Evropy reagovat.<\/p>\n
Z historick\u00e9ho odstupu je z\u0159ejm\u00e9, \u017ee pr\u00e1v\u011b \u010das sehr\u00e1l rozhoduj\u00edc\u00ed roli. Evrop\u0161t\u00ed panovn\u00edci si postupn\u011b za\u010dali uv\u011bdomovat hrozbu, kterou Osmansk\u00e1 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e p\u0159edstavuje. Do\u0161lo k\u00a0posilov\u00e1n\u00ed arm\u00e1d, modernizaci obrany a\u00a0koordinaci krok\u016f. To, co bylo v\u00a0roce 1453\u00a0slabinou, se v\u00a0n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edch desetilet\u00edch prom\u011bnilo ve schopnost \u010delit osmansk\u00e9mu tlaku.<\/p>\n
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Foto: Wikimedia Commons\/CC-BY-3.0\/Self-published work\/Sandstein<\/p>\n
Detail z\u00a0pam\u00e1tn\u00edku sult\u00e1na Mehmeda II. Dobyvatele v\u00a0parku Fatih v\u00a0Istanbulu<\/p>\n
Vliv muslimsk\u00e9 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e na Evropu<\/p>\n
Pokud si p\u0159edstav\u00edme alternativn\u00ed sc\u00e9n\u00e1\u0159, ve kter\u00e9m by Mehmed II. po p\u00e1du Konstantinopole okam\u017eit\u011b pokra\u010doval v\u00a0expanzi do st\u0159edn\u00ed Evropy, situace by mohla vypadat jinak. Rychl\u00fd postup mohl destabilizovat kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 oblasti, naru\u0161it obchodn\u00ed trasy a\u00a0vytvo\u0159it tlak na politick\u00e9 struktury, kter\u00e9 nebyly p\u0159ipraveny na koordinovanou obranu. V\u00a0takov\u00e9m sc\u00e9n\u00e1\u0159i by Osmansk\u00e1 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e mohla z\u00edskat hlub\u0161\u00ed op\u011brn\u00e9 body v\u00a0Evrop\u011b mnohem d\u0159\u00edve, ne\u017e by se evropsk\u00e9 st\u00e1ty stihly adaptovat.<\/p>\n
To v\u0161ak neznamen\u00e1, \u017ee by Evropa \u201eautomaticky\u201c zm\u011bnila svou civiliza\u010dn\u00ed identitu. Historie nen\u00ed line\u00e1rn\u00ed a\u00a0neexistuj\u00ed jednoduch\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edmky od jednoho rozhodnut\u00ed k\u00a0jednomu v\u00fdsledku. P\u0159esto lze uva\u017eovat o\u00a0tom, \u017ee rozsah osmansk\u00e9ho vlivu mohl b\u00fdt v\u00fdrazn\u011b v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed, a\u00a0t\u00edm i\u00a0dopad na kulturn\u00ed, n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00e9 a\u00a0politick\u00e9 uspo\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed Evropy. Nen\u00ed tedy rozhodn\u011b vylou\u010deno, \u017ee bychom dnes \u017eili v\u00a0Evrop\u011b, kter\u00e1 by byla je\u0161t\u011b v\u00edce muslimsk\u00e1, ne\u017e dnes vid\u00edme kolem sebe.<\/p>\n
Nevyu\u017eil \u0161anci, kter\u00fd se u\u017e nikdy neopakovala<\/p>\n
Mehmed II. byl bezpochyby schopn\u00fd a\u00a0ambici\u00f3zn\u00ed vl\u00e1dce. Jeho rozhodnut\u00ed nebyla n\u00e1hodn\u00e1 ani iracion\u00e1ln\u00ed. Pr\u00e1v\u011b naopak, byla v\u00fdsledkem kalkulu mezi rizikem a\u00a0stabilitou. A\u00a0pr\u00e1v\u011b zde se skr\u00fdv\u00e1 paradox jeho \u201eosudov\u00e9 chyby\u201c. To, co bylo z\u00a0hlediska \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed \u0159\u00ed\u0161e rozumn\u00e9, mohlo z\u00a0hlediska dlouhodob\u00e9 expanze p\u0159edstavovat promarn\u011bnou p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost. Osmansk\u00e1 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e samoz\u0159ejm\u011b pokra\u010dovala v\u00a0expanzi i\u00a0po Mehmedov\u011b smrti. Postupn\u011b se dostala hluboko do Evropy a\u00a0stala se jednou z\u00a0dominantn\u00edch mocnost\u00ed regionu. Nicm\u00e9n\u011b tento proces byl pomalej\u0161\u00ed, nar\u00e1\u017eel na st\u00e1le siln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed odpor a\u00a0nikdy nedos\u00e1hl takov\u00e9ho momentu p\u0159evahy, jak\u00fd existoval kr\u00e1tce po roce 1453.<\/p>\n
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Foto: Wikimedia Commons\/CC-Zero\/Daderot <\/p>\n
Mince s\u00a0vyobrazen\u00edm Mehmeda II. v\u00a0N\u00e1rodn\u00edm muzeu Finska v\u00a0Helsink\u00e1ch<\/p>\n
T\u00e9ma \u201eco kdyby\u201c v\u00a0historii v\u017edy balancuje na hran\u011b mezi anal\u00fdzou a\u00a0spekulac\u00ed. V\u00a0tomto p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b v\u0161ak nejde o\u00a0fantazii bez opory v\u00a0realit\u011b. Jde o\u00a0\u00favahu nad konkr\u00e9tn\u00edm momentem, kdy se otev\u0159ela jedine\u010dn\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost a\u00a0nebyla pln\u011b vyu\u017eita.<\/p>\n
Osudov\u00e1 chyba Mehmeda II. tedy nespo\u010d\u00edv\u00e1 v\u00a0tom, \u017ee by jednal \u0161patn\u011b. Spo\u010d\u00edv\u00e1 v\u00a0tom, \u017ee nevyu\u017eil situaci, kter\u00e1 se u\u017e nikdy neopakovala. V\u00a0d\u011bjin\u00e1ch \u010dasto nerozhoduj\u00ed jen velk\u00e1 v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed, ale i\u00a0to, co po nich n\u00e1sleduje. A\u00a0pr\u00e1v\u011b zde se ukazuje, jak tenk\u00e1 m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt hranice mezi triumfem a\u00a0promarn\u011bnou \u0161anc\u00ed.<\/p>\n
\u010casov\u00e1 osa vzestupu Mehmeda II.1451 \u2013 Mehmed II. nastupuje na osmansk\u00fd tr\u016fn1453 \u2013 dobyt\u00ed Konstantinopol, konec Byzantsk\u00e9 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e1453\u20131460 \u2013 konsolidace moci a upevn\u011bn\u00ed kontroly nad Balk\u00e1nem1460\u20131470 \u2013 postupn\u00e1 expanze do jihov\u00fdchodn\u00ed Evropy1481 \u2013 smrt Mehmeda II.16. stolet\u00ed \u2013 dal\u0161\u00ed expanze Osmansk\u00e9 \u0159\u00ed\u0161e do Evropy1529 \u2013 prvn\u00ed obl\u00e9h\u00e1n\u00ed V\u00eddn\u011b1683 \u2013 druh\u00e9 obl\u00e9h\u00e1n\u00ed V\u00eddn\u011b, zastaven\u00ed osmansk\u00e9 expanze<\/p>\n
Zdroje: Autorsk\u00fd \u010dl\u00e1nek s\u00a0vyu\u017eit\u00edm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kdy\u017e Mehmed II. v\u00a0roce 1453\u00a0dobyl Konstantinopol, ne\u0161lo jen o\u00a0v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed v\u00a0jedn\u00e9 bitv\u011b. \u0160lo o\u00a0symbolick\u00fd i\u00a0strategick\u00fd zlom, kter\u00fd ukon\u010dil existenci…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[109,108,106,441,6559,5846,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-73149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-evropa","8":"tag-europa","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-evropa","11":"tag-historie","12":"tag-islam","13":"tag-muslimove","14":"tag-zajimavosti"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116504093134090638","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}