Allies with the infidel [electronic resource] : the Ottoman and French alliance in the sixteenth century / Christine Isom-Verhaaren.
Material type:
- DR479.F8 I86 2011eb
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'.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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