Turks and Islam in Reformation Germany

List of contents

1. Sixteenth-Century Bestsellers 2. The Intellectual Context: Western Views of Islam in the Late Middle Ages 3. The Political Context: Hapsburg-Ottoman Relations in the Sixteenth Century 4. Knowledge and Depictions of Islam and the Religious Life of the Ottoman Turks in Reformation Germany 5. Knowledge and Depictions of the Turks 6. Holy Terror: Depictions of the Islamic Threat and Its Causes 7. Holy War and Its Discontents: Responses to the Ottoman Advance 8. Escaped Slaves of the Turks: George of Hungary and Bartholomew Georgijevic 9. Early Modern Transformations of the Image of Islam in the West

About the author

Gregory J. Miller is Professor of History at Malone University.

Summary

The Ottoman Turks were an important concern of many in early modern Europe, including Martin Luther. Based on an analysis of over 300 sixteenth-century publications, this book makes important contributions to understanding the role of the Turks in the confessional conflicts and to the history of Western understandings of Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory J. Miller, Gregory J. (Malone University Miller, Miller Gregory J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138300231
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30023-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, Germany, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, History of Religion, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology