Robert Born and Micha? Dziewulski
Introduction
I. The Ottoman Empire and its Neighbours. Internal Power
Negotiations, Diplomacy and Cross-Cultural Exchanges
19
Radu G. P?un
Conquered by the (S)word: Governing the Tributary Principalities of Wallachia
and Moldavia (16th–17th Centuries)
41
Suraiya Faroqhi
In the Year 1618: The City State of Dubrovnik through Ottoman Eyes
67
Daniela Sogliani
The Gonzaga and the Ottomans between the 15th and the 17th Centuries
in the Documents of the State Archive of Mantua
95
Hedda Reindl?Kiel
Ottoman Diplomatic Gifts to the Christian West
II. Cultural Translations and Imagological Constructs. ‘Turks’
as ‘the Others’ in the Literatures of East-Central Europe
119
Natalia Kr?likowska?Jedli?ska
Between Fear, Contempt and Fascination—the Ottoman Empire
in Polish Renaissance Writing135
Ewa Siemieniec?Go?a?
Descriptions of Ottoman Turkish Professions in Old Polish Texts
145
Julia A. Krajcarz
The Ottoman Mosques and Religious Customs as Represented in Selected
Old Polish Texts from the 16th and 17th Centuries
161
P?l ?cs
The Changing Image of Ottoman Turks in East?Central European
Renaissance Literature
III. Between Churches, Residences and Battlefields. Oriental
Artefacts in the Material Culture of East-Central Europe
193
Emese P?sztor
Ottoman Turkish Textiles in Christian Churches—Particularly in Transylvania
and Royal Hungary
215
Beata Biedro?ska?S?ota
The Place of Ottoman Art in Polish Art during the Renaissance
237
Suat Alp
Interactions with the Islamic Orient in Polish Art and Culture