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A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey in East Central Europe [electronic resource] : The Life of Jakab Harsányi Nagy / by Gábor Kármán

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Kármán, Gábor
Published
Leiden : Brill, [2016]
Physical Description
viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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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.
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.
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9789004294271 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004306813 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-310) and index.
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