French Encounters With The Ottomans 1510-1560

Focusing On Early Renaissance Franco-ottoman Relations, This Book Fills A Gap In Studies Of Ottoman Representations By Early Modern European Powers By Addressing The Franco-ottoman Bond. In French Encounters With The Ottomans, Pascale Barthe Examines The Birth Of The Franco-ottoman Rapprochement And The Enthusiasm With Which, Before The Age Of Absolutism, French Kings And Their Subjects Pursued Exchanges-real Or Imagined-with Those They Referred To As The 'turks.' Barthe Calls Into Question The Existence Of An Orientalist Discourse In The Renaissance, And Examines Early Cross-cultural Relations Through The Lenses Of Sixteenth-century French Literary And Cultural Production. Informed By Insights From Historians, Literary Scholars, And Art Historians From Around The World, This Study Underscores And Challenges Long-standing Dichotomies (christians Vs.