Preface
List of maps
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Note to the reader
Introduction
1: An elite of converts
2: 'Turning Turk', becoming an Ottoman Muslim
3: A change of heart or a change of hat?
4: In the sultan's service
5: Mobilizing trans-imperial ties
Conclusion
Bibliography
Tobias P. Graf is a Research Associate in Early Modern History at
the University of Tübingen and an Associate Member of Heidelberg
University's Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe in a Global
Context'. He read history at the University of Cambridge before
transferring to Heidelberg, where he was part of an
inter-disciplinary research group which investigated cultural
exchanges between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Graf has
a profound interest in
transregional entanglements within and beyond the boundaries of the
European continent. He is currently working on a study of
Austrian-Habsburg foreign intelligence during the reign of Emperor
Maximilian
II.
The study illuminates the relationship between con?icting religious
truths and state formation through the lens of individual converts
and their careers. [The book] provides fascinating insights into
the culture of conversion and an early modern Christian-Islamic
cosmopolitanism.
*Alexander Schunka, Journal of Ecclesiastical History*
Graf's The Sultan's Renegades is an important addition to recent
research on the topic and is the first to focus on converts'
assimilation into the imperial structures. Its publication stresses
the relative dearth of similar studies focusing on the Western
Mediterranean in the period. The Sultan's Renegades will be of
great interest for scholars of the Ottoman Empire, Mediterranean
studies, religion and conversion, cross-confessional encounter, and
cultural intermediaries.
*Daniel Hershenzon, Renaissance Quarterly *
Many renegades led a double life. With a foot in two rival worlds,
they formed a 'trans-imperial' society of their own which Tobias
Graf engagingly explores.
*Alastair Hamilton Times Literary Supplement*
This book is a fine example of the pioneering efforts to expand our
understanding of the complex interactions between Christian Europe
and the Ottoman world in the early modern era.
*Andrew L. Thomas,The Sixteenth Century Journal*
He [Graf] skilfully analyses the data at his disposal.
*Emrah Safa Gürkan, Journal of Early Modern History*
an essential reference and, most likely, a turning point in the
debates to come.
*Medieval Review*
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