Download or read book The Renaissance and the Ottoman World written by Anna Contadini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourteen articles in this volume bring together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual and commercial interactions during the Renaissance between Western Europe and the Middle East, with particular reference to the Ottoman Empire. The articles contribute to an exciting cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary scholarly dialogue that explores elements of continuity and exchange between the two areas, and positions the Ottoman Empire as an integral element of the geo-political and cultural continuum within which the Renaissance evolved.