The Manifold Faces of the East / / edited by Ionut-Alexandru Tudorie, Daniel Benga.

• Superior document: Eastern Church Identities ; 18
• TeilnehmendeR: Benga, Daniel,; Tudorie, Ionut-Alexandru,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn : : Ferdinand Schöningh, Brill Deutschland,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Eastern Church Identities ; 18.; Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)

This volume addresses the way in which images of Eastern Christianity are constructed in the diaries and travel descriptions of Western voyagers to the Ottoman Empire, during the second half of the sixteenth century. The articles included in the present volume aim to cover a vast geographical area, including the city of Constantinople/Istanbul along with the Eastern regions under the Ottoman control, as well as Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia. The studies present travelers coming from diverse backgrounds (Germany, Belgium, France, and Italy), different confessions (Catholics or Protestants), and various intellectual qualifications (scholars, theologians, Renaissance humanists). Taking into consideration the travelogues under scrutiny in this volume, one can draw a more sophisticated perspective of the other, not solely restricted to refutation and depreciation, but bringing forth acceptance and respect towards the other's religious practices and spiritual values.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: The Manifold Faces of the East -- Kapitel 1. 'Under the Yoke of the Turks or the Servitude of the Venetians': Eastern Christianity in Pierre Belon's Travel Account -- Kapitel 2. Marginalia on Augerius Gislenius Busbequius' Legationis Turcicae epistolae quatuor (1589) -- Kapitel 3. Images and Perceptions of Orthodox Liturgical Practice and Piety in the Travel Accounts of Stephan Gerlach (1546-1612) and Salomon Schweigger (1551-1622) -- Kapitel 4. Eastern Christianity at the End of the Sixteenth Century as Seen by Western Travelers Hans Jacob Breuning and Jean Carlier de Pinon -- Kapitel 5. L'image de Constantinople et du monde religieux grec dans les Pérégrinations de Jean Palerne -- Kapitel 6. Antonio Possevino, un jésuite en voyage missionnaire en Transylvanie (1583) -- Kapitel 7. Giulio Mancinelli, SJ (†1618) and his Journey across Wallachia and Moldavia -- List of Contributors -- Index Nominum.