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E-book Real Life Cryptology : Ciphers and Secrets in Early Modern Hungary
What do the following people have in common: the Hungarian poet whose private life is in crisis while he is in litigation with his family; the Serbian secret agent whose life is in danger while he is sending crucial information to the imperial court; the Transylvanian master of the mint who is eager to protect his technical knowledge; the Hungarian magnate who despises both the Turkish and the Habsburg powers; the Emperor in Vienna who corresponds with his ambassador in Constantinople; and the Archbishop who is writing to his Italian delegate? These people stood on various levels of social hierarchy. Though they were all literate, their education and cul-tural backgrounds differed, as did their political power and influence on history. Yet, they all applied the same means when trying to protect their messages from prying eyes: the technology of ciphering
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