COURTING THE PORTE: EARLY ANGLO-OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY

This paper has two parts: some initial observations about how some historians mistake the nature of Ottoman diplomacy are followed by a discussion of four contemporary reports of how, in 1599, Henry Lello was received by Sultan Mehmed III to become Queen Elizabeth’s “orator” to the Ottoman court. Th...

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Main Author: Gerald MacLean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bucharest University Press 2022-02-01
Series:University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
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Online Access:http://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/geraldmaclean.pdf