In 1543, the Ottoman fleet appeared off the coast of France to bombard and lay siege to the city of Nice. This book places the events of 1543 and the subsequent wintering of the Ottoman fleet in Toulon in the context of the power politics of the sixteenth century. It presents the realpolitik of dipl[...]
Relying on contemporary Ottoman and French sources, it presents the realpolitik of diplomacy with 'infidels' in the early modern era. The result is essential reading for students and scholars of European history, Ottoman Studies, and of relations between the Christian and Islamic worlds.[...]