Theodore Spandounes: On the Origins of the Ottoman Emperors
Cambridge University Press, 7/24/1997
EAN 9780521585101, ISBN10: 0521585104
Hardcover, 192 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Theodore Spandounes belonged to a Byzantine refugee family who had settled in Venice after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. He wrote an account of the origins of the Turkish rulers and of their phenomenal rise to power. It was partly a plea to the Popes and princes of western Christendom to unite against the infidel and one of the earliest works of its kind. The first version of the book, written in Italian, appeared in 1509 and was translated into French in 1519. The final version was made in 1538 and a full Italian text was published in 1890 though without any historical commentary. This book presents an English translation of the full text with a preface, commentary and notes; a discussion of the sources which Spandounes might have consulted and an assessment of the value and interest of this hitherto neglected and undervalued treatise.
Introduction
On the origin of the Ottoman Emperors
Dedication
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Bibliography
Index.