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Routledge An Intrepid Scot: William Lithgow of Lanark's Travels in the Ottoman Lands, North Africa and Central Europe, 1609–21

Name: An Intrepid Scot: William Lithgow of Lanark's Travels in the Ottoman Lands, North Africa and Central Europe, 1609-21
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Product Description 'An Intrepid Scot' makes an important new contribution to the growing literature on the perceptions of the Islamic world and the 'Orient' in early modern Europe, at the same time as illuminating the attitudes of a Protestant from Northern Europe towards the Catholic South. In this book Edmund Bosworth looks at the life and career of William Lithgow, a tough and opinionated Scots Protestant, who had a seemingly insatiable Wanderlust and who managed to survive various misadventures and near-death experiences in the course of his travels. These took him through a dangerously Catholic Southern Europe to a dangerously Muslim Greece and Istanbul en route for his pilgrimage destination of the Holy Land; on another occasion he went through North Africa and returned circuitously via Central and Eastern Europe; but he was stopped in his tracks whilst endeavouring to reach the court of Prester John in Ethiopia, when he fell into the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and narrowly escaped a horrible death. Lithgow was one of several men of his time who journeyed eastwards, some as far as Persia and India, but unlike many others, he has not been the subject of a special study. Bosworth now places him within the context of the present interest in perceptions of the Islamic world and of the 'Orient' and 'Orientals' in early modern Europe. In addition to the entertainment of the travel narrative, the book shows how one Westerner of the time interpreted the alien East for his readers, and how the Ottoman Empire and its apparently unstoppable might both fascinated and struck fear into the hearts of those outside it. Review '... highly entertaining...' Times Literary Supplement 'A welcome reassessment of one of the earliest and quirkiest careers in travel literature, and of a man with much extraordinary insight to offer amid the bile.' The Scotsman '... an attractive and valuable book.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ’The text is clearly written and well-organized. It carefully reconstructs the fascinating story of Lithgow's peregrinations, and the scholarly apparatus that supplements this story will be of great help to readers interested in Lithgow and in crosscultural texts from early modern Britain.’ Renaissance Quarterly ’It is to Bosworth's credit that in this informative and well-crafted volume he charts this intricate world with assurance and authority.’ Journal of British Studies ’Clifford Bosworth's study of the writings of the Scottish traveller William Lithgow constitutes an extremely useful addition to the recent corpus of scholarship focused on the relationship between East and West in the early modern era. ... An Intrepid Scot is written with admirable clarity, while retaining the necessary detail and depth of scholarship to do justice to the subject mater and should be of great interest to anyone engaged in the study of early modern interactions between east and west.’ Studies in Travel Writing About the Author C. Edmund Bosworth is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester, UK.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0754657086
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > Countries & Regions > Africa
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 June 2006
Listed Since: 29 January 2007

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