Islam, the Turks and the Making of the English Reformation : The History of the Ottoman Empire in John Foxe’s «Acts and Monuments»
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ISBN-10
3631669313
ISBN-13
9783631669310
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 8th, 2016
Print length
447 Pages
Weight
690 grams
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15.90 x 21.50 x 3.40 cms
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This book investigates John Foxe’s motivation for inserting a history of the Ottoman Empire into his church history, The Acts and Monuments, and seeks to determine what he hoped to achieve through his virulently negative depiction of Islam and the «Turk», the «common enemy» of Christendom.
John Foxe wrote the first English history of the Ottoman Empire in his magnum opus, The Acts and Monuments. He exceeds contemporary representations in his extremely negative image of Islam and the «Turks,» who are identified as Antichrist and the epitome of wickedness. By juxtaposing Foxe’s work with that of his sources, fascinating conclusions can be drawn. The author analyzes the factors prompting Foxe to insert a lengthy digression on a topic that does not directly concern the main theme of his ecclesiastical history, shedding new light on the established notions of his historiographic methodology and his perception of Catholicism as the greatest enemy of «true religion».
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