{"product_id":"9781350468689","title":"Isaac Barrow's On the Turkish Religion A Latin Poem on Islam from Ottoman Istanbul","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIsaac Barrow's On the Turkish Religion\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Latin Poem on Islam from Ottoman Istanbul\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas Matthew Vozar | Gesine Manuwald | Stephen Harrison | William M. Barton | Bobby Xinyue\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Renaissance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition offers a novel perspective on seventeenth-century European-Islamic encounters by making accessible the Neo-Latin poem \u003ci\u003eOn the Turkish Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDe Religione Turcica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003eWritten by the Cambridge scholar Isaac Barrow during a visit to Istanbul in 1658, this poem shows how the knowledge and use of Latin contributed to the rise of early modern European oriental studies, both as a medium of information and as a vehicle of representation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well as including an accessible translation and full text with commentary, Vozar lays out for the reader a detailed introduction explaining the background of Barrow's travels, especially his meeting with the Polish-born Ottoman dragoman Ali Ufki, whose Latin \u003ci\u003eEpitome\u003c\/i\u003e of Islamic doctrine constituted Barrow's main source. Comparison between the two texts reveals some of the ways in which Barrow converted Ufki's work to polemical purposes in his Lucretian diatribe against the religion. As further elucidation of the context of Barrow's poem, Vozar includes in this edition a text and translation of a Latin letter that Barrow wrote to his Cambridge colleagues around the same time, in which he discusses the genesis of the poem as well as current affairs at the Ottoman court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas Matthew Vozar\u003c\/b\u003e is an Excellence Strategy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His publications include \u003ci\u003eMilton, Longinus, and the Sublime in the Seventeenth Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2023).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 February 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350468689\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335407779980,"sku":"9781350468689","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dd4c85f9-2971-4a52-b071-cbb6812e358a.jpg?v=1788029836","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350468689","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}