Theodore Spandounes : on the origins of the Ottoman emperors

The Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal expansion of the Ottoman Empire thereafter produced a ready market in the West for works about the origins, history and institutions of the Turks. Theodore Spandounes, himself of a Greek refugee family from Constantinople who had settled in Venice, was one of the first to publish such a work. Its final version, published in 1538, was written in Italian. This book offers the first English translation of the complete text, with a historical commentary and explanatory notes. Theodore Spandounes ; Translated And Edited By Donald M. Nicol. Translated From The Italian Text Of 1538 As Edited By C.n. Sathas, Documents Inédits Relatifs à L'histoire De La Grèce Au Moyen âge, Ix (paris, 1890), Pp. 133-261--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Having with the utmost diligence and care searched the historians of the Turks who treat of the origin of the mighty house of the Ottomans, I have found so far as I can see that they are descended from shepherds of Tartary of the race of one called Ogus.