Writing the Ottomans
Turkish History in Early Modern England
Published on 6. August 2015
Book
Hardback
VIII, 195 pages
978-1-137-40152-6 (ISBN)
Description
Histories of the Turks were a central means through which English authors engaged in intellectual and cultural terms with the Ottoman Empire, its advance into Europe following the capture of Constantinople (1454), and its continuing central European power up to the treaty of Karlowitz (1699). Writing the Ottomans examines historical writing on the Turks in England from 1480-1700. It explores the evolution of this discourse from its continental roots, and its development in response to moments of military crisis such as the Long War of 1593-1606 and the War of the Holy League 1683-1699, as well as Anglo-Ottoman trade and diplomacy throughout the seventeenth century. From the writing of central authors such as Richard Knolles and Paul Rycaut, to lesser known names, it reads English histories of the Turks in their intellectual, religious, political, economic and print contexts, and analyses their influence on English perceptions of the Ottoman world.
Reviews / Votes
"Ingram has written a disciplined intellectual history of English history writing about Turks . . Ingram's careful tracing of Knolles's sources will be much appreciated by scholars, who might have been more careless in their reading. With his book he invites other scholars to tap more fully into this material to explore what kinds of imagery and aims they contained." (Eva Johanna Holmberg, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70 (1), 2017)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VIII, 195 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-40152-6 (9781137401526)
DOI
10.1057/9781137401533
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Anders Ingram is Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He has previously published on English writing on the Ottomans and Islam, travel writing, book history, digital methodologies, and popular politics, including a recent article in the Historical Journal.
Content
Acknowledgements
Note on Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
1. Turkish History in Early English Print
2. Conflict, News, and History
3. 'The present terrour of the world': Knolles's Generall historie of the Turkes (1603)
4. Trade, Diplomacy, and History
5. The War of the Holy League 1683-1699
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Note on Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
1. Turkish History in Early English Print
2. Conflict, News, and History
3. 'The present terrour of the world': Knolles's Generall historie of the Turkes (1603)
4. Trade, Diplomacy, and History
5. The War of the Holy League 1683-1699
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index