Naslov
Osmanlis, Islam and Christianity in Ragusan Chronicles (16th-17th Centuries)
(Osmanlis, Islam and Christianity in Ragusan Chronicles (16th-17th Centuries).« ; ,)

Autori
Janeković Römer, Zdenka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Tolerance and Intolerance on the Triplex Confinium. Approaching the “ Other” on the Borderlands. Eastern Adriatic and beyond, 1500-1800

Urednik/ci
Cleup

Izdavač
Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Geografiche e dell'Antichità, Universita degli Studi di Padova

Grad
Padova

Godina
2007

Raspon stranica
61-79

ISBN
978-88-6129-300-7

Ključne riječi
Early Modern Period, Islam, Christianity, Dubrovnik, Chronicles

Sažetak
The picture of Dubrovnik’ s relation with Turks the Ragusan chroniclers give is very different from the reality: the Ragusans communicated with the Turks on the daily basis, knew their customs very well and, to some extent they were familiar with their religion. Knowing the Turks and their customs helped them out to achieve their goals, but didn’ t lead to the tolerance. The Ragusans didn’ t find Turkish religion, customs and civilization equally worthy as their own ; on the contrary, they disapproved of them and thought they were false, strange and unacceptable. For them, Christian faith was the “ touchstone” of truth and that couldn’ t be discussed. The only subjects they could discuss with the Turks were political and economical interests of the Republic. Furthermore, medieval and early modern Ragusan society was not multicultural – it was Western Catholic society. Therefore, it would be more precise to describe the Ragusan relationship to the Turks as co-existence or accommodation and not tolerance. They recognized the distinctions and lived with that fact. They were accommodating to the circumstances. But, the contacts with the Turks, that took place for centuries, were subconsciously built into Ragusan identity and made at least some of them in some manner foreign in regard to those of the western part of Europe. At the beginning of the 16th century the Ragusans were called and perceived as the “ new Turks” on the West.The Ottoman Turks make the important part of the history of permeation of Mediterranean cultures and that goes for the history of the Republic of Dubrovnik in the first place.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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