Sultan's Renegades

Sultan's Renegades

Christian-European Converts to Islam and the Making of the Ottoman Elite, 1575-1610

Graf, Tobias P. (Research Associate in Early Modern History, University of Tubingen and Associate Member of the Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context', Heidelberg University)

Oxford University Press

03/2017

286

Dura

Inglês

9780198791430

15 a 20 dias

Examines why the figure of the renegade-a European Christian or Jew who had converted to Islam and was now serving the Ottoman sultan-is omnipresent in writings on the fifteenth to seventeenth century Ottoman Empire, when the Ottoman sultans posed a major political, military, and ideological challenge to Christian princes in Europe.
Preface List of maps List of figures List of tables List of abbreviations Note to the reader Introduction 1: An elite of converts 2: 'Turning Turk', becoming an Ottoman Muslim 3: A change of heart or a change of hat? 4: In the sultan's service 5: Mobilizing trans-imperial ties Conclusion Bibliography
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