Cultural Encounters Between East and West, 1453-1699Matthew Birchwood, Matthew Dimmock A radical reappraisal of the relationship between â ~eastâ (TM) and â ~westâ (TM) is currently underway. Critical approaches to the early modern period have too often tacitly assumed a binary opposition between a civilised Christendom and the encroaching barbarity of the â ~infidelâ (TM). Whilst the conquest of Constantinople of 1453 did indeed became a potent symbol of Ottoman imperial ambition, the complexity of the cultural negotiations in the myriad encounters - diplomatic, mercantile, religious and military - of the following years refutes the Euro-centric assumptions of traditional historiography. 1453 to 1699: Cultural Encounters between East and West seeks to bring together exciting new work in this emerging field from across the international academic community. The product of a successful inter-disciplinary conference, this volume engages with fields of history, cultural studies, art history, literary theory and anthropology, comprehensively remapping the complex contours of East-West encounters. In the light of current world events, the need to historicise and contextualise this relationship is more urgent than ever. |
Contents
The Saracen in the Medieval | 13 |
The AngloMuslim Disputation in the Early Modern Period | 29 |
Responses to the AngloOttoman | 43 |
Titus Oates and the True Protestant Turks | 64 |
Reading Barbary in Early Modern England 15501685 | 77 |
Rituals of Submission Along the East | 107 |
Masculinity Travels East | 132 |
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