The Birth of the Despot: Venice and the Sublime Porte by Lucette Valensi

The Birth of the Despot: Venice and the Sublime Porte

Lucette Valensi with Arthur Denner (Translator)

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In her graceful account of the transformation of European attitudes toward the Ottoman empire during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Lucette Valensi follows the genealogy of the concept of Oriental despotism. The Birth of the Despot exami...

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