Thesaurus

Studying the relations between Christianity and Islam in late medieval and early modern Europe and the Mediterranean means to cover a vast geographical region, which is diverse in its languages and cultures. Against this background it is necessary to find a common ground that makes it possible to understand the exchange between these two cultures as one border-crossing phenomenon. To achieve this comprehensive understanding, it is necessary to identify overarching ideas and common terms that are widely used in this field of research. Some of these terms are used analogically or even equivalent in different languages, which emphasizes the fact that there were similar images circulating throughout Europe and the Mediterranean.

Please, take a look at our working papers dealing with the discussion of several terms related to the Islamic Legacy in Europe:

Introduction to the debate (link)

Oriental Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Lands – a Methodological and Historiographical Reflection (Ana Cabrera, María Judith Feliciano, and Borja Franco) [link]

Between Coexistence and Convivence: The Convenience of Ethno-Religious Diversity in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean and Beyond [Coexistence, Convivencia] (Brian Catlos) [link]

(From the times of the conquest (feth-i hakaniden berü/κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἁλώσεως χρόνον): The vocabulary and the historiography of the Ottoman conquest in the Greek lands (Elias Kolovos) [link]

Convivencia (Maribel Fierro) [link]

A Comparison of Conquests: The Fall of Constantinople, Reconquista, and the Conquest of the New World (Ömer Fatih Parlak) [link]

Border Relations of the Ottomans with the Habsburg Monarchy from 1520 to 1750 (through the example of the Dukedom of Tešanj) (Orhan Jašić and Senad Ćeman) [link]

The Afterlives of the war booty of the second Siege of Vienna (1683) (Sophia Abplanalp) [link]