Corsairs of the Sultan. Holy War, Religion, Piracy and Slavery in the Ottoman Mediterranean, 1500-1700

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Corsairs of the Sultan. Holy War, Religion, Piracy and Slavery in the Ottoman Mediterranean, 1500-1700

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This book is a grandiose picture of the activities of the Ottoman corsairs from the Adriatic to Iceland, from the Balearic Islands to the Azores, created by a famous Turkish researcher. The author used the widest range of famous and very rare sources in English, French, Ottoman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German and Latin to show the many-sided life of the people of the sea, shrouded in sinister and romantic legends. Primary sources became the main materials: ancient documents, old manuscripts, books, most of which were printed in the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries and are known only to the narrowest circle of specialists. Several different aspects are presented: cultural (religion, superstition, sexuality, daily life aboard corsair ships), economic (loot sharing, the function of piracy in the emerging capitalist world market), social (piracy and banditry), geographical (topography of the North African coast), political ( relations between the Maghreb and Istanbul) and military (types of ships, composition of the fleet, military strategies used). The book contains color illustrations of corsair ships, numerous maps, drawings and medieval drawings.

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Publication language: Russian

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