Bent Holm and Mikael Bøgh Rasmussen (eds.), Imagined, Embodied and Actual Turks in Early Modern Europe

Abstract

This volume -the tenth book of a series on the cultural transfers between the Ottoman Empire and Europe with a focus on the performing arts- edited by Holm and Rasmussen begins with an informative and insightful introductory “Kaleidoscoscopic Reflections” that will undoubtedly increase the familiarity of readers for the topic. Editors explain their aims for this volume over the approaches, interpretations, and the discussions held during the sessions introduced by Professor İlber Ortaylı and supported by the C. L. David Foundation and Collection. This study as the editors mentioned took its main outset from the series of seminars titled “The Image of the Turks in Early Modern Europe” at Copenhagen University.