Roxolana in european literature, history and culture
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754667612
Date de publication :
18 oct. 2010
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
725 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Roxolana, or 'Hurrem Sultan', was a sixteenth-century Ukrainian woman who made an unprecedented career from harem slave and concubine to legal wife and advisor of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566). This title presents a study of the pervasiveness and significance of Roxolana in the European imagination.