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A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey in East Central Europe : the Life of Jakab Harsányi Nagy

Title
A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey in East Central Europe : the Life of Jakab Harsányi Nagy / by Gábor Kármán.
Author
Kármán, Gábor
Publication
Leiden : Brill, [2016]

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Description
viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"In A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey Gábor Kármán reconstructs the life story of a lesser-known Hungarian orientalist, Jakab Harsányi Nagy. The discussion of his activities as a school teacher in Transylvania, as a diplomat and interpreter at the Sublime Porte, as a secretary of a Moldavian voivode in exile, as well as a court councillor of Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg, not only sheds light upon the extraordinarily versatile career of this individual, but also on the variety of circles in which he lived. Gábor Kármán also gives the first historical analysis of Harsányi's contribution to Turkish studies, the Colloquia Familiaria Turcico-latina (1672)"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
The history of Oriental studies, 2405-4488 ; volume 2
Uniform Title
History of Oriental studies ; v. 2.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-310) and index.
Contents
The beginnings of an ecclesiastical career -- In the service of the prince -- Years of turmoil -- The court councillor of the Great Elector -- The bureaucrat and the intellectual -- Harsanyi's changing image of the Turks -- Instead of a conclusion -- Appendix 1: Known copies of the colloquia -- Appendix 2: A glossary of place names from the eastern half of Europe.
Call Number
JFE 16-8152
ISBN
  • 9789004294271
  • 9004294279
LCCN
  • 2015035475
  • 40025574780
OCLC
927241022
Author
Kármán, Gábor, author.
Title
A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey in East Central Europe : the Life of Jakab Harsányi Nagy / by Gábor Kármán.
Publisher
Leiden : Brill, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The history of Oriental studies, 2405-4488 ; volume 2
History of Oriental studies ; v. 2.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-310) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40025574780
Research Call Number
JFE 16-8152
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