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Identity and Culture in Ottoman Hungary by Ács, Pál (editor);Fodor, Pál (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Identity and Culture in Ottoman Hungary about?

The book offers a balanced and realistic account of the coexistence of different peoples and cultures in Ottoman Hungary. It refrains from either repeating the commonplaces of the sixteenth-century antiturcica literature, or sharing the overtly positive Ottoman-image of the early modern age. The studies of this multidisciplinary book deal with three groups of topics: the historical, literary and art historical approaches combine their methodological merits to paint a colourful picture of Hungary facing or under Ottoman rule. A case study discusses the decay of medieval art heritage, underlining the shared responsibility of the conquerors and the local community. After the re-occupation of Buda (1686), the library of the müfti of Buda passed into Christian hands. The discovery of the catalogue in the Marsili Collection in Bologna is of high importance. Some texts deal with the complexity of Ottoman identity and with the role of the Ottoman establishment in such processes. Cultural exchange is of extreme importance, in conjunction with the changes of identity. Other studies reveal the significance of Hungarian–Ottoman confrontations in the slow emergence of Hungarian national conscio

Who reads Identity and Culture in Ottoman Hungary?

Author

Ács, Pál (editor);Fodor, Pál (editor)

Publisher

de Gruyter GmbH, Walter

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9783112209301

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities