French Encounters with the Ottomans, 1510-1560

by Pascale Barthe

Book Overview

Focusing on early Renaissance Franco-Ottoman relations, this book fills a gap in studies of Ottoman representations by early modern European powers by addressing the Franco-Ottoman bond. In French Encounters with the Ottomans, Pascale Barthe examines the birth of the Franco-Ottoman rapprochement and the enthusiasm with which, before the age of absolutism, French kings and their subjects pursued exchanges-real or imagined-with those they referred to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367175789
• ISBN13: 9780367175788
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"