Creating East and West : : Renaissance Humanists and the Ottoman Turks / / Nancy Bisaha.
As the Ottoman Empire advanced westward from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, humanists responded on a grand scale, leaving behind a large body of fascinating yet understudied works. These compositions included Crusade orations and histories; ethnographic, historical, and religious studies...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Time Line of Key Events in the Ottoman Advance
- Introduction
- 1. Crusade and Charlemagne: Medieval Influences
- 2. The New Barbarian: Redefining the 'lurks in Classical Terms
- 3. Straddling East and West: Byzantium and Greek Refugees
- 4. Religious Influences and Interpretations
- Epilogue: The Renaissance Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments