{"title":"Richard Calis","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection dedicated to the works of Richard Calis, a distinguished scholar in the realms of history and military studies. Richard Calis is renowned for his profound insights into the intricate tapestry of historical events, with a particular focus on Ottoman history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his notable works is \"\u003cem\u003eThe Discovery of Ottoman Greece\u003c\/em\u003e,\" which delves into the fascinating period of Ottoman influence in Greece. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the cultural, political, and military facets of the era, bringing to light intriguing narratives that have shaped modern understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Calis's works are essential for anyone interested in deepening their knowledge of history, providing a meticulously researched perspective that enriches our comprehension of the past. His engaging writing style makes complex historical themes accessible to both enthusiasts and scholars alike. Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Ottoman Greece with Richard Calis's insightful contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-discovery-of-ottoman-greece-by-richard-calis-9780674292734","title":"The Discovery of Ottoman Greece","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe surprising story of the sixteenth-century Lutheran scholar who became Europe's foremost authority on Ottoman Greece, shedding new light on the place of Greek culture and religion in the Western imagination.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late sixteenth century, a German Lutheran scholar named Martin Crusius compiled an exceptionally rich record of Greek life under Ottoman rule. Although he never left his home in the university town of Tübingen, Crusius spent decades annotating books and manuscripts, corresponding with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, and interviewing Greek Orthodox alms-seekers. Ultimately, he gathered his research into a seminal work called the \u003cem\u003eTurcograecia\u003c\/em\u003e, which served for centuries as Europe's foremost source on Ottoman Greece. Yet as Richard Calis reveals, Crusius's massive—and largely untapped—archive has much more to tell us about how early modern Europeans negotiated cultural and religious differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn particular, Crusius's work illuminates Western European views of the religious \"other\" within Christianity: the Greek Orthodox Christians living under Ottoman rule, a group both familiar and foreign. Many Western Europeans, including Crusius, developed narratives of Greek cultural and religious decline under Ottoman rule. Crusius's records, however, reveal in exceptional detail how such stories developed. His interactions with his Greek Orthodox visitors, and with a vast network of correspondents, show that Greeks' own narratives of hardship entwined in complex ways with Western Europeans' orientalist views of the Ottoman world. They also reflect the religious tensions that undergirded these exchanges, fuelled by Crusius's fervent desire to spread Lutheran belief across Ottoman Greece and the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA lively intellectual history drawn from a forgotten archive, \u003cem\u003eThe Discovery of Ottoman Greece\u003c\/em\u003e is also a perceptive character study, in which Crusius takes his place in the history of ethnography, Lutheran reform, and European philhellenism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000777064684,"sku":"9780674292734","price":80.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1429223482428.jpg?v=1763303796"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/richard-calis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}