Gregory J Miller

The Turks and Islam in Reformation Germany

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Ottoman Turks were an important concern of many in early modern Europe, including Martin Luther. Based on an analysis of over 300 sixteenth-century publications, this book makes important contributions to understanding the role of the Turks in the confessional conflicts and to the history of Western understandings of Islam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781032096407
• ISBN-10: 1032096403
• Artikelnr.: 62150154

Autorenporträt

Gregory J. Miller is Professor of History at Malone University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sixteenth-Century Bestsellers 2. The Intellectual Context: Western Views
of Islam in the Late Middle Ages 3. The Political Context: Hapsburg-Ottoman
Relations in the Sixteenth Century 4. Knowledge and Depictions of Islam and
the Religious Life of the Ottoman Turks in Reformation Germany 5. Knowledge
and Depictions of the Turks 6. Holy Terror: Depictions of the Islamic
Threat and Its Causes 7. Holy War and Its Discontents: Responses to the
Ottoman Advance 8. Escaped Slaves of the Turks: George of Hungary and
Bartholomew Georgijevic 9. Early Modern Transformations of the Image of
Islam in the West