British Encounters with Ottoman Minorities in the Early Seventeenth Century 'Slaves' of the Sultan / [electronic resource] :
by Eva Johanna Holmberg.
- 1st ed. 2022.
- XV, 228 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
- Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700, 2634-5900 .
- Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700, .
Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Scattered nations: Jews and Greeks -- Chapter 2 - Eastern Christians -- Chapter 3 - Viewing and addressing women -- Chapter 4 - Free Franks and visiting Westerners -- Conclusion.
British travellers regarded all inhabitants of the seventeenth-century Ottoman empire as 'slaves of the sultan', yet they also made fine distinctions between them. This book provides the first comprehensive cultural historical account of how British travellers understood the non-Muslim minority peoples they encountered in the Ottoman empire, and of how they perceived and described them in the mediating shadow of the Turks. In doing so it seeks to change our perceptions of the British encounter with the Ottomans by exploring the entangled identities of the Ottoman subjects in the English imagination, de-centering the image of the 'Terrible Turk' and Islam.
9783030972288
European literature-Renaissance, 1450-1600. Literature, Modern-17th century. Literature-History and criticism. Civilization-History. Middle East-History. Early Modern and Renaissance Literature. Seventeenth-Century Literature. Literary History. Cultural History. History of the Middle East.