The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq : Seigneur of Bousbecque, Knight, Imperial Ambassador
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - European History
ISBN-10
1108054552
ISBN-13
9781108054553
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 9th, 2012
Print length
436 Pages
Weight
550 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.50 cms
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This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains the translated letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92), a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer who acted as Austrian ambassador to the Ottoman empire. Volume 1 contains an introduction to Busbecq's life, and his Turkish Letters.
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 1 contains a lengthy biography of Busbecq, written by the editors, and his famous Turkish Letters, which are a unique source of information on Ottoman court life in the sixteenth century.
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