The Turkish Image in Italy and Europe

Course content

The course is aimed at providing the student of history-as well as any student interested in the area-with: a)the main historic events which occurred in the relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Italian States from 1453 to 1683, having a chronological consideration for the rest of Europe. b)Also in the light of the above, giving a picture of the creation of the image of the Turk, as the Ottomans were simply called by the Italians and the rest of Europe. The course studies the development and variations in the image of the Turk and that of Islam in Italy from 1453 to 1683, from the political, religious, folkloristic, military and iconographic points of view.