Isom-Verhaaren, Christine.

Allies with the infidel the Ottoman and French alliance in the sixteenth century / [electronic resource] : Christine Isom-Verhaaren. - London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2011. - xi, 274 p. : ill., map. - Library of Ottoman studies ; 30 . - Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 30. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-263 and index).

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'.


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Christianity and other religions--Islam.


France--Relations--Turkey.
Turkey--Relations--France.
France--Foreign relations--1589-1610.
Turkey--Foreign relations--16th century.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
France--History--Francis I, 1515-1547.


Electronic books.

DR479.F8 / I86 2011eb