In:
Journal of Early Modern History, Brill, Vol. 20, No. 4 ( 2016-07-5), p. 331-350
Abstract:
Historians of Christian European diplomacy have tended to approach Ottoman diplomatic practice from a rather Eurocentric perspective in that they presuppose initial Ottoman non-involvement in the development of the modern diplomatic system followed by a reluctant adoption of it when faced with a period of economic, military and political decline. In this article I read two fethnames [victory missives] sent to the Queen of England, Elizabeth i to celebrate the Ottoman capture of Nagykanizsa (Kanije) castle in 1600 as a means by which the Ottoman state both performed and legitimized Ottoman sovereignty yet also provided an opportunity for political or diplomatic negotiation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1385-3783
,
1570-0658
DOI:
10.1163/15700658-12342505
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2016
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2070771-X
SSG:
8
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