1st Edition
Images of Islam, 1453–1600 Turks in Germany and Central Europe
By Charlotte Colding Smith
Copyright 2014
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores sixteenth-century German attitudes during a time of social, political and religious upheaval. It focuses on how medieval and fifteenth-century images of Islam, Saracens and the early Ottoman Empire evolved in incunabula print and images within Christian Europe.
Introduction 1 Early Images of the Turk and the Ottoman Empire, 1453–1520 2 Military Images of the Turk and the Conflicts of the Sixteenth Century 3 Biblical Images of the Turk: The Apocalyptic and the Exotic 4 Travellers' Tales and Images of the Ottoman Empire and Court of Constantinople 5 Ottoman Dress in Sixteenth-Century German Printed Costume Books 6 Genealogies, Histories, Cosmographies: Encyclopaedic Images of the Turk Conclusion
Biography
Charlotte Colding Smith