The Dragoman Renaissance: Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism

This Book Studies The Role Of Dragomans (diplomatic Interpreter-translators) In Mediating Ethno-linguistic, Political, And Religious Relations Between The Ottoman Empire And Its European Neighbors From Ca. 1550 To Ca. 1730. It Considers Both Their Istanbul-centered Social Lives, And How The Dictionaries, Reports, And Visual Representations They Created Were Central To The Production Of Europeanist Knowledge About The Ottoman World-- Provided By Publisher.