Images of Islam, 1453-1600: Turks in Germany and Central Europe (Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World)

Using Evidence From Contemporary Printed Images, Smith Examines The Attitudes Of Christian Europe To The Ottoman Empire And To Islam. Conflicting Feelings Of Fascination And Fear Among Individuals Reflect Wider Societal Issues Within The Changing Social, Political And Religious Climate Of Central Europe. Smith Also Considers The Relationship Between Text And Image, Placing It In The Cultural Context Of The Reformation And Beyond.-- Early Images Of The Turk And Ottoman Empire, 1453-1520 -- Military Images Of The Turk And The Conflicts Of The Sixteenth Century -- Biblical Images Of The Turk : The Apocalyptic And The Exotic -- Travellers' Tales And Images Of The Ottoman Empire And The Court Of Constantinople -- Ottoman Dress In Sixteenth-century German Printed Costume Books -- Genealogies, Histories, Cosmographies : Encyclopaedic Images Of The Turk. By Charlotte Colding Smith. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 233-265) And Index. This book explores sixteenth-century German attitudes during a time of social, political and religious upheaval. It focuses on how medieval and fifteenth-century images of Islam, Saracens and the early Ottoman Empire evolved in incunabula print and images within Christian Europe.

Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman Empire and to Islam. She also considers the relationship between text and image, placing it in the cultural context of the Reformation and beyond.