Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World PDF
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Agents of Empire Agents of Empire Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World Noel Malcolm 1 3 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Noel Malcolm 2015 First published in Great Britain by Penguin Random House. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Malcolm, Noel. Agents of empire: knights, corsairs, Jesuits and spies in the sixteenth-century Mediterranean world/Noel Malcolm. pages cm “First published in Great Britain by Penguin Random House UK”—Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-026278-5 (hardback) 1. Bruni, Antonio, -1598. 2. Bruni, Antonio, -1598—Family. 3. Bruti, Bartolomeo, -1592—Family. 4. Albania—History—16th century. 5. Ulcinj (Montenegro)—Biography. 6. Albania—Relations— Italy—Venice. 7. Venice (Italy)—Relations—Albania. 8. East and West—History—16th century. 9. Mediterranean Region—History—16th century. 10. Turkey—History—Ottoman Empire, 1288–1918. I. Title. DR963.25.B78M25 2015 949.65'01—dc23 2015004124 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper This book is dedicated to Alban, Faruk and Uran Contents List of Illustrations ix List of Maps xiii Preface xv A Note on Names, Conventions and Pronunciations xxiii Family Tree xxvii 1 Ulcinj, Albania and Two Empires 1 2 Three Families 23 3 Antonio Bruti in the Service of Venice 35 4 Giovanni Bruni in the Service of God 55 5 Gasparo Bruni and the Knights of Malta 76 6 Galleys and Geopolitics 100 7 Rebellion and Ottoman Conquest 123 8 The Lepanto Campaign 151 9 War, Peace and Ottoman Resurgence 175 10 The Brutis and Brunis in Istria 194 11 Bartolomeo Bruti and the Prisoner Exchange 206 12 Espionage and Sabotage in Istanbul 223 13 Secret Diplomacy and the Grand Vizier 244 14 Sinan Pasha and the Moldavian Venture 261 15 Gasparo Bruni and the Huguenot War 278 16 Antonio Bruni and the Jesuits 299 17 Moldavia, Tatars and Cossacks 317 18 Bartolomeo Bruti in Power 336 19 Cristoforo Bruti and the Dragoman Dynasty 362 20 The Exiled Voivod and his Counsellor 379 21 Habsburg–Ottoman War and Balkan Rebellion 391 viii Contents 22 Pasquale ‘Bruti’ and his Peace Mission 415 Epilogue: The Legacy: Antonio Bruni’s Treatise 430 Glossary 447 Notes 451 List of Manuscripts 529 Bibliography 537 Index 579 List of Illustrations 1. Ulcinj, illustration from Giovanni Francesco Camocio, Atlante – Isole famose, Venice, c.1572. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Mapp. 180 h, fo. 18) 2. Ulcinj, contemporary photograph of the Old Town. (Diomedia/ Alamy) 3. Bar, illustration from Giovanni Francesco Camocio, Atlante – Isole famose, Venice, c.1572. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Mapp. 180 h, fo. 17) 4. Italian school, The Council of Trent, oil on canvas, 16th century. Musée du Louvre, Paris. (Bridgeman Images) 5. Barbarossa’s corsair fleet outside Nice. Miniature from the Süley- manname, 1558. Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul, MS. H.1517. (Copyright © 2015. White Images/Scala, Florence) 6. The Sponza Palace, Dubrovnik. (AllFreePhotos.com) 7. Gasparo Bruni’s first letter to Marcantonio Colonna, from Ancona, 1570. Archivio Colonna, Corrispondenza Marcantonio il Grande, busta 44, no. 4490. (Biblioteca di Santa Scolastica, Subiaco) 8. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), A Knight of the Order of Malta (Gentle- man with a Watch), oil on canvas, c.1550. Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Bridgeman Images) 9. Sofonisba Anguissola, Philip II, oil on board, 1565. Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Bridgeman Images) 10. El Greco, Pope Pius V, oil on canvas, c.1605. (Private collection) 11. Italian school, The Ratification of the League against the Turks, oil on panel, 1571. Archivio di Stato Gabella, Siena. (Bridgeman Images) 12. Giorgio Vasari and assistants, The Battle of Lepanto (detail), fresco, 1572–3. Sala Regia, Vatican. (Copyright © 2015. Photo Scala, Florence) 13. The Battle of Lepanto. Illustration from Giovanni Francesco Camocio, Atlante – Isole famose, Venice, c.1572. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Mapp. 180 h, fo. 51)
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