Allies with the infidel
Subtitle: the Ottoman and French alliance in the sixteenth century
By: Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Series: Library of Ottoman studies -- 30
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781848857285
Subjects: Relations; Islam; Foreign relations; Christianity and other religions; History
Description: The military alliance in 1543 between the François I of France and Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent aroused condemnation on religious grounds from the Habsburgs and their supporters as an aberration from accepted diplomacy. Relying on contemporary Ottoman and French sources, this text presents the realpolitik of diplomacy with 'infidels'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[247]-263 and index.