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Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies: Sir Paul Rycaut: the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, Sixth Edition (1686) by John Anthony Butler (2017, Hardcover, Revised edition)

Sir Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) was a diplomat, poet, translator and administrator. His Present State of the Ottoman Empire was the most important and influential work on its topic produced by an Englishman in the seventeenth century, and it served as a reference point for others writing on the same subject for nearly two hundred years. Rycaut's book was considered the most informative and accurate text on its subject, and was widely-read in Europe as well as in England. It contains extensive discussions of Ottoman government, religion, and military matters, and may also be read as a subtext suggesting a middle road between absolutism and constitutional monarchy. This critical edition of Rycaut's important work includes a full introduction, which discusses at length the historical background to the text, its reception at the time in which it was written and a discussion of its influence, as well as an extensive bibliography. This is the first modern edition of the work, and should be useful for general scholars of the period, specialists, and students alike.

Publisher
AriZona STATE University, AriZona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
ISBN-10
0866985557
ISBN-13
9780866985550
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237870600

Author
John Anthony Butler
Publication Name
Sir Paul Rycaut: the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, Sixth Edition (1686)
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Series
Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
440 Pages

Series Volume Number
500
Lc Classification Number
Dr534.R9 2017
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
6
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Renaissance, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, World / Middle Eastern, Customs & Traditions
Lccn
2017-028718
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, History, Social Science, Political Science

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