Pro tempore, No. 17, 2022.
Review article
The British-Ottoman Diplomacy and Oriental Influences on the High Society During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Antun Busjak
Abstract
This paper deals with the analysis of diplomatic relations between England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and the Ottoman Empire, the cultural transfers of oriental elements to the elites of England and the interrelationship of both processes. The paper also includes an analysis of European perceptions of the Oriental, i.e. the Ottoman Other. The history of perceptions in this paper is presented specifically through the English perceptions. Diplomatic relations are analyzed through the extensive correspondence of the rulers of England and the Ottoman Empire, as well as through other relevant sources. This paper shows how the development of the idea to begin diplomatic relations was formed, as well as its development throughout the last thirty years of the 16th century. The paper places in the context Ottoman diplomacy, forming a complete picture of Elizabethan diplomacy with the Islamic world. Culture and cultural transfers to the English elites form a significant part of the work. The work primarily deals with material culture such as carpets, clothing, food, painting and the like, but also non-material concepts and ideas that have been passed on to the English elites. The goal of the paper is to observe the interrelationship of these three aspects: perception, diplomacy and cultural transfers.
Keywords
Tudors; Elizabeth I; Ottoman Empire; Murat III; Mehmed III; diplomacy; perception of the Other; cultural transfers; orientalism; ottomanism
Hrčak ID:
301687
URI
Publication date:
24.12.2022.
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