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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... political intrigue that gave her the advantage over other women in the harem. the harem was part of the sultan's greater royal family of about 80,000 people, including concubines, viziers, military officers (janissaries, sipahis) ...
... political intrigue that gave her the advantage over other women in the harem. the harem was part of the sultan's greater royal family of about 80,000 people, including concubines, viziers, military officers (janissaries, sipahis) ...
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... Family as Faction: dynastic politics in the Reign of Süleyman,” Veinstein, Soliman le Magnifique et son temps, 110. during these years, Hurrem's royal status and public image were Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 10.
... Family as Faction: dynastic politics in the Reign of Süleyman,” Veinstein, Soliman le Magnifique et son temps, 110. during these years, Hurrem's royal status and public image were Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 10.
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... political ambition and actively shared power with her sovereign husband. But Hurrem's personal victory over the ottoman slave system, though amazing in its scale and significance, led to politically questionable results. She forever ...
... political ambition and actively shared power with her sovereign husband. But Hurrem's personal victory over the ottoman slave system, though amazing in its scale and significance, led to politically questionable results. She forever ...
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... political pamphlets, and compilations and then found its way into dramatic plays. the anecdote is summed up in the discussion of moffan's pamphlet in Chapter 1 of this collection. For a comparison, Clarence Rouillard distinguishes four ...
... political pamphlets, and compilations and then found its way into dramatic plays. the anecdote is summed up in the discussion of moffan's pamphlet in Chapter 1 of this collection. For a comparison, Clarence Rouillard distinguishes four ...
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... political representations in the ever-changing discourse on Roxolana. Representations of the past often reflect and respond to the concerns of the cultures in which they are produced. in doing so, representations can act as both ...
... political representations in the ever-changing discourse on Roxolana. Representations of the past often reflect and respond to the concerns of the cultures in which they are produced. in doing so, representations can act as both ...
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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