Title: Allies with the infidel
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'.
Subjects: Relations, Islam, Foreign relations, Christianity and other religions, History, Christianity and other religions, islam, France, foreign relations, turkey, Turkey, foreign relations, Turkey, history, ottoman empire, 1288-1918, France, history, 16th century, Asian history
Places: Turkey, France
Time periods: Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918, 1589-1610, 16th century, Francis I, 1515-1547