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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