Allies with the Infidel: The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century

288 Pages·2011·2.77 MB·English

by  Christine Isom-Verhaaren

Christine Isom-Verhaaren received her Ph.D in 1997 in Ottoman
history from the University of Chicago where she was a student of
Halil Inalcik. She has been teaching Middle East history at Benedictine
University in Lisle, Illinois since 2001. She is the author of “Royal
French Women in the Ottoman Sultans’ Harem: The Political Uses of
Fabricated Accounts from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries,”
Journal of World History (2006): 159–96 and “Süleyman and Mihrimah:
The Favorite’s Daughter,” Journal of Persianate Studies (special issue on
fathers and daughters in Islam) (2011).
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ALLIES WITH
THE INFIDEL
The Ottoman and French Alliance in the
Sixteenth Century
Christine Isom-Verhaaren
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Copyright © 2011 Christine Isom-Verhaaren
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For Bruce, Catharine, Christopher, and Nathaniel
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements x
Note on Transliteration, Pronunciation and Names xii
Introduction: Webs of Diplomacy and Historiographical
Images 1
1 Ottoman Involvement in European Alliances,
Diplomacy and the Balance of Power, 1453–1600 23
2 Multiple Identities: Foreign State Servants in France and
the Ottoman Empire 49
3 Sultan Cem: A Fifteenth-Century Ottoman View
of Relations with the Infidels 82
4 Allies with the Infidel: Joint Ottoman-French
Naval Operations 114
5 Views of Infidel Allies: Records of Negotiating,
Fighting and Traveling 141
Conclusion 180
Appendix A 186
Appendix B 190
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Appendix C 194
Notes 196
Bibliography 247
Index 265
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Tables
1.1 Diplomatic Alignments 32
5.1 Individuals Mentioned in Accounts of the Ottoman
and French Naval Expedition, 1543–44: Ottomans 150
5.2 Individuals Mentioned in Accounts of the Ottoman and
French Naval Expedition, 1543–44: French and
their Supporters 152
5.3 Individuals Mentioned in Accounts of the Ottoman
and French Naval Expedition, 1543–44: Habsburgs
and their Supporters 153
5.4 French Travelers in the Ottoman Empire and their
Accounts of their Travels 168
Map
The Mediterranean in the Sixteenth Century xiii
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