"New Turkes": Islam and the Ottomans in Early Modern England

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Early Modern England was obsessed with the 'Turke', and by the close of the 16th century, theatres and printing presses brought the 'infidel' before the public in a remarkable variety of forms. This lecture will explore the substance of this obsession and question how it was consequently the English who became the 'New Turkes' of the title.

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Archive :: lecture:S1488633601, venue:V165

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Islam Awareness Week. The Nancy W. Knowles Lecture Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe