Roxolana in European Literature, History and CultureGalina I. Yermolenko This collection is the first book-length scholarly study of the pervasiveness and significance of Roxolana in the European imagination. Roxolana, or "Hurrem Sultan," was a sixteenth-century Ukrainian woman who made an unprecedented career from harem slave and concubine to legal wife and advisor of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566). Her influence on Ottoman affairs generated legends in many a European country. The essays gathered here represent an interdisciplinary survey of her legacy; the contributors view Roxolana as a transnational figure that reflected the shifting European attitudes towards "the Other," and they investigate her image in a wide variety of sources, ranging from early modern historical chronicles, dramas and travel writings, to twentieth-century historical novels and plays. Also included are six European source texts featuring Roxolana, here translated into modern English for the first time. Importantly, this collection examines Roxolana from both Western and Eastern European perspectives; source material is taken from England, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Poland, and Ukraine. The volume is an important contribution to the study of early modern transnationalism, cross-cultural exchange, and notions of identity, the Self, and the Other. |
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... selim (b. 1524), Bayazid (Bayezid) (b. 1525), and Cihangir (Jihangir) (b. 1531).7 this break in the imperial harem protocol was not lost on the istanbul public. Rumors of Hurrem's power over Suleiman and her influence in the harem began ...
... selim (b. 1524), Bayazid (Bayezid) (b. 1525), and Cihangir (Jihangir) (b. 1531).7 this break in the imperial harem protocol was not lost on the istanbul public. Rumors of Hurrem's power over Suleiman and her influence in the harem began ...
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... selim, and Bayazid—left istanbul to govern their provinces.26 moreover, in 1536 Hurrem transferred the harem from the old palace (Eskiserai) to the new palace (Topkapi).27 such close proximity to the sovereign enabled her to exert ...
... selim, and Bayazid—left istanbul to govern their provinces.26 moreover, in 1536 Hurrem transferred the harem from the old palace (Eskiserai) to the new palace (Topkapi).27 such close proximity to the sovereign enabled her to exert ...
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... selim i, reportedly poisoned his grandfather Bayazid (Bajazet) ii to “catch the nearest way” to the throne. there had been numerous examples in ottoman history when young princes overthrew their august fathers. in any event, it is ...
... selim i, reportedly poisoned his grandfather Bayazid (Bajazet) ii to “catch the nearest way” to the throne. there had been numerous examples in ottoman history when young princes overthrew their august fathers. in any event, it is ...
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... selim who inherited the throne, but he turned out to be a drunkard and a weak, ineffectual ruler. selim ii lost the famous Battle of Lepanto (1571) that significantly diminished Ottoman power in the mediterranean region. many historians ...
... selim who inherited the throne, but he turned out to be a drunkard and a weak, ineffectual ruler. selim ii lost the famous Battle of Lepanto (1571) that significantly diminished Ottoman power in the mediterranean region. many historians ...
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... selim (selim ii), the quintessential turkish sultan and Rosa's typical husband in spanish literature of the Golden age,82 who is portrayed as an idle and lustful “turk.” La Santa Liga features an early modern topos—the conflict between ...
... selim (selim ii), the quintessential turkish sultan and Rosa's typical husband in spanish literature of the Golden age,82 who is portrayed as an idle and lustful “turk.” La Santa Liga features an early modern topos—the conflict between ...
Contents
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Part 2 Translations | 165 |
Appendix 1 Plot Summaries | 255 |
Appendix 2 Names | 271 |
Appendix 3 Chronology | 275 |
Bibliography | 277 |
Index | 301 |
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