The Race for Universal Monarchy

Name: The Race for Universal Monarchy
Brand: Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press

The Race for Universal MonarchyApocalypticism and the OttomanHabsburg Rivalry in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean\nAuthor(s): Ebru Turan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231219266, 978-0231219266\nSynopsis\nThe early sixteenth century saw the rise of two Mediterranean empiresthe Christian Habsburgs, based in Spain and Austria, and the Muslim Ottomans, centered in the Balkans and Anatoliawith strikingly similar ambitions. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V [tel] and Sultan Sleyman [tel] each pursued grand universalist visions, seeking to unite Islam and Christendom under a universal monarchy that would resolve wars and conflicts, dissolve religious divisions, and usher in an age of peace, unity, and justice.\n\nDrawing on a wide range of Ottoman and European sources, Ebru Turan explores the emergence of these empires and the early phase of their rivalry within the broader Mediterranean world. She arg.