Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World Ser.: Images of Islam, 1453-1600 : Turks in Germany and Central Europe by Charlotte Colding Smith (2015, Hardcover)

Routledge

1848934068

9781848934061

143880207

304 Pages

English

Images of Islam, 1453-1600 : Turks in Germany and Central Europe

2015

Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, General, Islam / General, Christianity / General, Customs & Traditions

Textbook

Charlotte Colding Smith

Religion, Social Science, History

Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World Ser.

Hardcover

1.1 in

20 Oz

9.5 in

6.5 in

College Audience

'plays a valuable role in identifying the profusion of printed images that generated this epistemological explosion in German-speaking Europe.'

23

16

1 vol.

Yes

303.482430561

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

Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman Empire and to Islam. She also considers the relationship between text and image, placing it in the cultural context of the Reformation and beyond.

D1065.T8