Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798 / Nabil Matar.
Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789004440258 (electronic book)
9789004440241 (print)
9789004440241 (print)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0908
Yazar
Yayın Bilgisi
Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
Islamic History and Civilization ; 176
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references and index.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction: Mediterranean Captivities -- Qiṣaṣ al-Asrā, or Stories of the Captives -- Letters -- Divine Intervention: Christian and Islamic -- Conversion and Resistance -- Ransom and Return -- Captivity of Books -- Epilogue: Esclaves turcs in Sculpture -- Postscript: How Should the Sculptures Be Treated?
Özet, vb.
The post-Lepanto Mediterranean was the scene of “small wars,“ to use Fernand Braudel's phrase, which resulted in acts of piracy and captivity. Thousands upon thousands of Europeans, Arabs, and Turks were seized into bagnios stretching from Cadiz to Valletta and from Salé to Tripoli. After returning to their homelands, dozens from England and France, Germany and Spain, Malta and Italy wrote about their captivities. Their accounts were printed, distributed, translated, and plagiarized, making captivity a key subject in Europe's Mediterranean history. While Europeans wrote extensively about their ordeals, the Arabs wrote little because their religious culture militated against such writings, which would be construed as expressing disaffection with the will of God. Nor were there detailed records and registers of captives - their names, places of origin, and ransom prices - similar to what was kept in the European archives. Contrary, however, to what some historians have claimed, there was a distinct Arabic narrative of captivity that survives in anecdotes, recollections, reports, miracles, letters, fatawa, exempla and short biographies in both verse and prose. Cumulatively, these sources constitute the Arabic qiṣṣas al-asrā, or stories of the captives, in the native language and idiom of the men and women of the early modern Mediterranean.
Konu
Islamic civilization.
Arabs __ Africa, North __ History.
Arabs __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Captivity narratives __ Africa, North __ History.
Captivity narratives __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Piracy __ Africa, North __ History.
Piracy __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Slavery __ Africa, North __ History.
Slavery __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Africa, North __ History __ 1517-1882
Arabs __ Africa, North __ History.
Arabs __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Captivity narratives __ Africa, North __ History.
Captivity narratives __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Piracy __ Africa, North __ History.
Piracy __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Slavery __ Africa, North __ History.
Slavery __ Mediterranean Region __ History.
Africa, North __ History __ 1517-1882