Jem Sultan
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Jem Sultan
"'Bird of my soul, be patient of thy cage ...' So wrote the young Turkish poet-prince, Jem Sultan, from captivity. Within years Jem would be dead : poisoned, it was said, by the infamous Borgia pope, Alexander VI." "Jem, born in 1459, was one of the wonders of Renaissance Europe. Son of the Grand Turk, Mehmet the Conqueror, after losing a war of succession to his brother he fled to the West to pursue his claim from exile. Instead he became a diplomatic pawn, falling into the hands of warring knights, emperors, popes and kings. Jem was bought and sold and passed around the courts of Europe like a caged bird of paradise. All desired ownership of the Turkish prince as a talisman against Ottoman expansion, and as a weighty trophy against European rivals." "Surrounded by his imperial train, the young prince maintained his dignity throughout. His poetry, sporting prowess, romance aura and majestic good looks caused a stir wherever he went, inspiring minstrels' songs and folklore. Today Jem is almost forgotten in the West, but in Turkey he is still a heroic figure, the gallant poet-prince who never grows old, his tomb a place of pilgrimage." "John Freely tells the story of Jem from his childhood in the palace of the Ottoman Empire, through to his exile, captivity, attempts to return to Turkey and his death at the age of thirty-five." --Book Jacket.
The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571
Author: Kenneth Meyer Setton
language: en
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Release Date: 1976
This is the third of four volumes which trace the history of the later Crusades and papal relations with the Levant from the accession of Innocent III (in 1198) to the reign of Pius V and the battle of Lepanto (1566-1571). From the mid-fourteenth century to the conclusion of his work, the author has drawn heavily upon unpublished materials, collected in the course of more than twenty "palaeographical journeys" to the Archivio Segreto Vaticano and the Archivi di Stato in Venice, Mantua, Modena, Milan, Siena, Florence, and the Archives of the Order of the Hospitallers at Malta. Volumes 1, II, and IV are available at www.amphilsoc.org.
Histories of the Modern Middle East
Machine generated contents note: 1 Doing History: Modem Middle Eastern Studies Today, -- Israel Gershoni and Ursula Wokick -- Part 1 New Dimensions of Modernizing Processes -- 2 The Great Ottoman Debasement, 1808-1844: A Political Economy Framework, fevket Pamuk -- 3 A Prelude to Ottoman Reform: Ibn 'Abidin on Custom and Legal Change, Wael B. Hallaq -- 4 The Damascus Affair and the Beginnings of France's Empire in the Middle East, Mary C. Wilson -- 5 The Gender of Modernity: Reflections from Iranian Historiography, Afsaneh Najmabadi -- Part 2 Globalization Then and Now -- 6 From Liberalism to Liberal Imperialism: Lord Cromer and the First Wave of Globalization in Egypt, Roger Owen -- 7 Late Capitalism and the Reformation of the Working Classes in the Middle East, Joel Beinin -- Part 3 Recovering Lost Voices in the Age of Colonialism -- 8 Exploring the Field: Lost Voices and Emerging Practices in Egypt, 1882-1914, Zachary Lockman -- 9 Slaves or Siblings? Abdallah al-Nadim's Dialogues -- About the Family, Eve M. Troutt Powell -- 10 Shaikh al-Ra'is and Sultan Abdiilhamid II: The Iranian Dimension of Pan-Islam, Juan R. I. Cole -- Part 4 Constructing Identities, Defining Nations -- 11 Recruitment for the "Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad" in the Arab Provinces, 1826-1828, Hakan Erdem -- 12 The Politics of History and Memory: A Multidimensional Analysis of the Lausanne Peace Conference, 1922-1923, -- Fatma Miige Godek -- 13 Arab Society in Mandatory Palestine: The Half-Full Glass? -- Rashid Khalidi -- 14 Manly Men on a National Stage (and the Women Who Make Them Stars), Walter Armbrust.