Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, Emperor of the Turks; A Christian Turned Turk; And the Renegado

Book Overview

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman empire posed a clear and present danger to Christian rule in Europe. While English commerce with the Mediterranean world expanded, Ottoman forces invaded Greece, Hungary, and Austria. At the same time, "Turkish" pirates and renegades from North Africa roamed the Atlantic and raided the coast of England. The threat was ideological as well: English sailors captured by Barbary pirates sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110294
• ISBN13: 9780231110297
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher