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

Zusatztext "Charlotte Colding Smith has highlighted the particular views and depictions of the Ottoman Turk present in German material of the sixteenth century. Thus! by localizing her study! isolating a wide range of German-language texts and the images that accompanied them! and subjecting them to close analysis! she has made a thought-provoking and worthwhile contribution to an ever-expanding historiography."- Christopher Nicholson! Independent Scholar! London! UK in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations! 2015 Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Colding Smith Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Colding Smith, Colding Smith Charlotte, Charlotte Colding Smith
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9781848934061
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-406-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Religious Cultures in the Earl; Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World; Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Central Europe, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600