In 1543, the Ottoman fleet appeared off the coast of France to bombard and lay siege to the city of Nice. The operation, under the command of Admiral Barbarossa, came in response to a request from Francois I of France for assistance from Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in France's struggle against Charles V, the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. This military alliance between mutual 'infidels', the Christian French King and the Muslim Sultan, aroused intense condemnation on religious grounds from the Habsburgs and their supporters as an aberration from accepted diplomacy. Memories of the Crusades were, after all, still very much alive in Europe and an alliance with 'the Turk' seemed unthinkable to many. Allies with the Infidel places the events of 1543 and the subsequent wintering of the Ottoman fleet in Toulon in the context of the power politics of the sixteenth century. Relying on contemporary Ottoman and French sources, it presents the realpolitik of diplomacy with 'infidels' in the early modern era. The result is essential reading for students and scholars of European history, Ottoman Studies, and of relations between the Christian and Islamic worlds.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781780764979
eBay Product ID (ePID)
138818387
Product Key Features
Author
Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Publication Name
Allies with the Infidel: the Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
311g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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