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Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt (1544–1607) was an Arbëreshë general employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1591–1606. He was later sent to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal and to restore Catholicism as the dominant religion in the region. Basta assassinated Romanian national hero Michael the Brave and established a ruthless regime of Catholic exclusivism in Transylvania. Basta was also the author of books on the art of military leadership. == Biography == Basta was born to an Arbëreshë family〔 in La Rocca, modern day Roccaforzata, a village in Salento. He began his military career in the service of Charles V and Philip II of Spain, mainly on the French front during the War of the Three Henrys and the Catholic League. In 1590 he joined the forces of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma in Flanders. During the siege of Rouen he was almost killed by Sir Roger Williams, who sliced his neck in personal combat.〔Lawrence, David, The Complete Soldier: Military Books and Military Culture in Early Stuart England, 1603-1645, Brill, 2009, p.66.〕 After the death of Farnese, on the recommendations of Philip II, he joined the army of Emperor Rudolf II, serving mainly in Hungary, commanding Habsburg forces during the "Long War" against the Ottoman Empire. Ambrogio Merodio in his ''Istoria Tarantina'', calls him the "terror of Ottoman arms". On his orders, his ally Michael the Brave, the former ruler of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia, was assassinated at Keresztesmező camp,〔( ) István Kakas (1556–1603): Persiai utazás (Trip to Persia)〕〔() Erdélyi Múzeum 1894/11〕〔() adatbank.transindex.ro 〕 near Câmpia Turzii, because Basta considered him a liability. The event happened on 9 August 1601,〔Giurescu, p. 201–05.〕 only days after a joint victory in Battle of Guruslău. During his brief period of control over Transylvania, Basta tried to uproot Protestantism. Following Papal imperial policy, Calvinist Hungarians and Szeklers, Orthodox Walachians and Serbs, and Lutheran Saxons were subject to any kind of abuse. Following years of warfare and his ruthless regime, famine and plague appeared in Transylvania. In 1604 Basta twice defeated forces led by Stephen Bocskay, who attempted to oppose his rule over Transylvania.〔Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the seventeenth century Volume 192 of Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Author Kenneth Meyer Setton Publisher American Philosophical Society, 1991 ISBN 0-87169-192-2, ISBN 978-0-87169-192-7 Length 502 pages link ()〕 After his experiences of warfare in Eastern Europe he went to Prague, where he died. Basta wrote several military manuals, the best known of which are his ''Il maestro di campo generale...''(Venice 1606), and his posthumous work ''Il governo della cavalleria leggiera'' (Venice 1612).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Giorgio Basta - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România )〕 Both were translated into German and into French. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giorgio Basta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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