Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676

An Annotated Edition of His French Report

Alastair Hamilton, Maurits van den Boogert (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

2023
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-43574-2 (ISBN)

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Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Istanbul, Izmir, and Bursa by the German scholar traveller Wansleben. Wansleben was in the Ottoman Empire to buy manuscripts, statuary, and curios for the French king, but it is his off-hand observations about Ottoman society that often make Wansleben’s account such a valuable historical source. His experiences add to our knowledge of such diverse topics as prostitution in the Ottoman Empire, taxation, and the French consular system. His visit to Bursa is also noteworthy because few Western travellers included the first Ottoman capital in their tours of the East or described it at such length.

Alastair Hamilton, Ph.D. (1982), Cambridge, is Senior Research Fellow at the Warburg Institute, London University. He has published monographs and articles on relations between Europe and the Arab world, including Johann Michael Wansleben's Travels in the Levant, 1671-1674: An Annotated Edition of His Italian Report (2018). Maurits van den Boogert, Ph. D (2001), Leiden, is Senior Publishing Director at Brill. He has published monographs and articles on diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe, including Aleppo Observed: Ottoman Syria Through the Eyes of Two Scottish Doctors, Alexander and Patrick Russell (Oxford, 2010).

Contents

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The Turkish Journal

Appendix 1: Haraç Collection in Istanbul

Appendix 2: Prostitution in Izmir

Appendix 3: Protocol and Precedence

Appendix 4: The Monetary System

Appendix 5: Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Description of Bursa, 1670

Appendix 6: Westerners Entering Mosques in Istanbul

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.12.2022
Reihe/Serie	The History of Oriental Studies ; 13
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	561 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-43574-3 / 9004435743
ISBN-13	978-90-04-43574-2 / 9789004435742
Zustand	Neuware