Practices of Coexistence. Constructions of the Other in Early Modern Perceptions
Practices of Coexistence. Constructions of the Other in Early Modern Perceptions
Contributor(s): Marianna D. Birnbaum (Editor), Marcell Sebők (Editor)
Subject(s): Philosophy, Cultural history, Middle Ages
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Renaissance;East and West;Europe—Middle East Relations;Philosophy in literature;philosophy in art;Ethnicity;Stereotypes;Cultural relations;Muslims;christianity;
Summary/Abstract: The essays in this book provide stimulating contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the representation of differing cultures, i.e., the “image of the Other” in the early modern period. They deal with images, projections, and perceptions, based on various experiences of coexistence. Although the individual contributions contain sources and references of iconography, this is not just another volume of art history or visual studies. As examples of practices in diverse historical contexts, the book includes a variety of textual material, such as literary productions, rhetorical exercises, dramatic applications, chronicles, epistles, and diary-like historical accounts that express ethnographic sensitivities. Another novel feature of the volume is the deliberate digression of traditional scholars’ focus, and the investigation of rarely examined regions and practices. This approach allows the contributors to spotlight their special areas of research and to share a fresh new look at early modernity. Thus, supported by a thorough research apparatus, these studies propose a new cultural history of the early modern coexistence of various communities, as identified in current research by young scholars.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-963-386-188-2
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-963-386-149-3
- Page Count: 242
- Publication Year: 2017
- Language: English
The Good Fowler as a World Conqueror
The Good Fowler as a World Conqueror
(The Good Fowler as a World Conqueror)
- Author(s):Ágnes Drosztmér
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Middle Ages
- Page Range:1-33
- No. of Pages:33
- Summary/Abstract:A central figure in the sixteenth century, both on the world stage and in the Ottoman campaigns against Hungary, Suleyman the Magnificent was the subject of various artistic and literary works throughout the Ottoman Empire and various parts of Europe as well. Ottoman conquests reached their peak under his reign, and on the global scene, he competed with European emperors in making new territorial claims as the known world expanded. These processes and his personal role in them were presented in Ottoman historiography in consciously created, uniform depictions and were reflected in all possible media. These images, with some alterations,found their way into European works about the sultan as well, and meanwhile,diverse depictions of him appeared in European historiography and literature. In the course of the Ottoman Empire’s expansion in continental Europe and continuous campaigns, battles, and sieges across Hungary, the Hungarian Kingdom was divided into three parts.
- Price: 14.85 €
Repercussions of a Murder
Repercussions of a Murder
(Repercussions of a Murder)
- Author(s):Seda Erkoc
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Middle Ages
- Page Range:35-70
- No. of Pages:36
- Keywords:Ottoman Empire;Sehzade Mustafa;Middle Ages;
- Summary/Abstract:Owing to the economic boom of the sixteenth century, the Mediterranean, and the Ottoman Empire in particular, occupied a central place in the consciousness of the English, who encountered Mediterranean civilization primarily through commerce. The English were interested in all aspects of the lives of people living in that world, far away and of uncertain geography. They were particularly eager to learn about the Ottomans, as the “Turke” was not just an exotic Other but also a commercial partner, as well as a threat encroaching more by the day. In the sixteenth century alone, more than 3,000 works dealing with the Ottomans were published in Europe that included official reports and records; private letters of diplomats and ambassadors; travel accounts of pilgrims, adventurers, and tradesmen; and even accounts of Christian slaves. Therefore it is not unusual that the news of Sehzade Mustafa’s death reached Europe first by way of rumor.
- Price: 16.20 €
Constructing a Self-Image in the Image of the Other
Constructing a Self-Image in the Image of the Other
(Constructing a Self-Image in the Image of the Other)
- Author(s):F. Özden Mercan
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Middle Ages
- Page Range:71-102
- No. of Pages:32
- Keywords:middle ages;muslim;christianity;Pope Pius II; Sultan Mehmed II
- Summary/Abstract:An examination of the letter itself from various aspects has shown that Pope Pius, in his discussion of Islam, emphasized similar points as medieval Christian polemicists had. He too regarded Islam as a heresy founded on pleasure and force; he questioned the prophecy of Mohammed, the originality of the Koran as the Word of God, and the rationality of the Muslim faith. While doing so, he followed al-Kindi, Peter the Venerable, Riccoldo deMontecroce, and other medieval polemicists. Since the Middle Ages, Christian polemicists tried to refute Islam in all possible ways by looking for the most damaging arguments and by formulating the harshest, most black-and-white claims. In this way they hoped to convince the Christians that Islam as a heresy of Mohammed aimed to destroy Christianity, the only true faith, even if the motivations behind this attitude changed according to the political and social needs of the time. In general, however, these represented, as Tolan pointed out, “the desire to justify a war against a Muslim state, an attempt to dissuade Christians from converting to Islam, or a need to justify the rule of Christian princes over Muslim subjects.”
- Price: 14.40 €
Topography of a Society
Topography of a Society
(Topography of a Society)
- Author(s):Johanna Tóth
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Middle Ages
- Page Range:103-141
- No. of Pages:39
- Keywords:middle ages;ottoman empire;Antoni de Sosa;
- Summary/Abstract:After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the number of treatises on the “Turks” multiplied. The Ottoman Empire attracted the attention not only of informed humanists (some of whom referred to the “Turks” as the “new barbarians”) but of wider European polities. They gathered a variety of information on the “enemy” threatening their borders, and thus data on the “religious Other” reached Christendom through many channels: through people from different regions, backgrounds, and education, via certain modes of encountering the “Turk.” Therefore, information on the “Turks” varied considerably.While in most cases “Europeans” conceived of the “Turks” (or “Moors”or “Saracens”) as a homogenous group, some accounts presented a more nuanced view of Muslims. This study follows the results of the recent scholarly debate that has emphasized this varied image of them in Europe.
- Price: 17.55 €
The Ragusan Image of Venice and the Venetian Image of Ragusa in the Early Modern Period
The Ragusan Image of Venice and the Venetian Image of Ragusa in the Early Modern Period
(The Ragusan Image of Venice and the Venetian Image of Ragusa in the Early Modern Period)
- Author(s):Lovro Kunčević
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Middle Ages
- Page Range:143-176
- No. of Pages:34
- Keywords:middle ages;Early modern period;Ragusa;Venice;
- Summary/Abstract:The goal of this study is to reconstruct the images that the Republics of Venice and Ragusa created of each other during the early modern period.By using rich historiographical, literary, and diplomatic material, it investigates the mutual stereotyping of these two Adriatic cities between the late fifteenth and mid-seventeenth century.
- Price: 15.30 €
All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans
All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans
(All Moldavian Eyes on Ottomans)
- Author(s):Teodora C. Artimon
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Middle Ages
- Page Range:177-217
- No. of Pages:41
- Keywords:Middle ages;Moldavia;Ottoman Empire;
- Summary/Abstract:The period in Moldavian history known today as the age of Stephen the Great (1457–1504) followed the tumultuous first half of the fifteenthcentury1 with an era of prosperity, economic growth, military success, andartistic and cultural development.2 The echoes of Stephen’s reign reverberatedlong afterward. In the sixteenth century, the Moldavian populationnot only remembered him for the stability that he brought Moldavia; it alsowidely hailed his achievements, particularly his military victories over theOttoman Empire.
- Price: 18.45 €
List of Contributors
List of Contributors
(List of Contributors)
- Author(s):Marianna D. Birnbaum
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
- Page Range:219-222
- No. of Pages:4
- Price: 4.50 €
Index
Index
(Index)
- Author(s):Marianna D. Birnbaum
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
- Page Range:223-226
- No. of Pages:4
- Price: 4.50 €
