Probably the most concentrated writing on Turkey, not
surprisingly, came from Venetians. Two that come to mind are:
Benedetto Ramberti, Libri tre delle cose de' Turchi, published in
the collection Viaggi fatti da Venetia alla Tana, in Persia, in India et
in Constantinopoli (Venice, 1543)
Marco Guazzo, Le guerre di Mahometo gran Turco fatte con Venetiane
(Venice, 1552)
Published in this century, but written in the sixteenth, is Donato
da Lezze, Historia turchescha (Bucharest, 1909)
The best sixteenth sources for Turkey itself (as opposed to its
foreign wars) are the reports of Venetian ambassadors and secretaries.
There are extensive collections of these relazioni edited by Eugenio
Alberi, Massimo Firpo, Arnaldi Segarizzi and Angelo Ventura. The reports
from Constantinople are especially detailed.
James Grubb
History, UMBC
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Antonio Pagliaro wrote:
> A graduate student asks me:
> 1 For the titles of Italian works on Turkey published in the sixteenth century.
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