Talking about the Enemy: Erasmus Francisci's (1627-1694) Writings about the Turk -- The Turk in Fact and Fiction: Eberhard Werner Happel (1647-1690) -- Crossing Borders: The Adventures of Speer's Improbable Heroes, Simplicissimus and Eulenspiegel -- Conclusion. "Even a casual p…
"Even a casual perusal of seventeenth-century European print production makes clear that the Turk was on everyone's mind. Europe's confrontation of and interaction with the Ottoman Empire in the face of what appeared to be a relentless Ottoman expansion spurred news delivery and…
"Even a casual perusal of seventeenth-century European print production makes clear that the Turk was on everyone's mind. Europe's confrontation of and interaction with the Ottoman Empire in the face of what appeared to be a relentless Ottoman expansion spurred news delivery and…