The dragoman renaissance : diplomatic interpreters and the routes of orientalism /

This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethnolinguistic, political and religious relations between the Ottoman Empire and its European neighbors from ca. 1550 to ca. 1730. It considers both their Istanbul-centered social lives, and how the dictionari...

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Main Author: Rothman, E. Natalie (Ella Natalie), 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2021]
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Summary:This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethnolinguistic, political and religious relations between the Ottoman Empire and its European neighbors from ca. 1550 to ca. 1730. It considers both their Istanbul-centered social lives, and how the dictionaries, reports and visual representations they created were central to the production of Europeanist knowledge about the Ottoman world.
Item Description:"This book is published as part of the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot."
Physical Description:xxiii, 419 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501758492
1501758497