1st Edition

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

By Charlotte Colding Smith Copyright 2014
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book explores sixteenth-century German attitudes during a time of social, political and religious upheaval. It focuses on how medieval and fifteenth-century images of Islam, Saracens and the early Ottoman Empire evolved in incunabula print and images within Christian Europe.

    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

    Biography

    Charlotte Colding Smith