Lepanto and Beyond

Images of Religious Alterity from Genoa and the Christian Mediterranean
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6270-264-6
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 170 mm, Gewicht: 846 g

Interdisciplinary approach to the Iberian and Italian
perceptions and representations of the Battle of Lepanto and the Muslim “other”

The Battle
of Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christianity over its Ottoman
enemy, was soon transformed into a powerful myth through a vast media campaign.
The varied storytelling and the many visual representations that contributed to
shape the perception of the battle in Christian Europe are the focus of this
book. In broader terms, Lepanto and Beyond also sheds light on the
construction of religious alterity in the early modern Mediterranean. It
presents cross-disciplinary case studies that explore the figure of the
Muslim captive in historical documentation, artistic depictions, and
literature. With a focus on the Republic of Genoa, the authors also aim to
balance the historical scale and restore the important role of the Genoese in
the general scholarly discussion of Lepanto and its images.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Franco Llopis, Borja

Stagno, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Schlachten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
PART I. OTHERNESS AND CONFRONTATION IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHERN EUROPE
1. A Brief Review of the Scholarly Literature on Representation of the “Turk” and images of Lepanto in Italy and IberiaLaura Stagno and Borja Franco Llopis
2. Multiple Alterities in the Ottoman EmpireSteven Hutchinson
PART 2. LEPANTO: THE BATTLE, ITS NARRATIVES, ITS ICONOGRAPHIES
3. Event and Narration. Spanish Storytelling on the Battle of Lepanto in the Early 1570sStefan Hanß
4. A Sea of Dead Turks: Lepanto and the Iconographies of Hell and the FloodVíctor Mínguez
5. Lepanto in Religious Iconographies: The Genoese CaseDaniele Sanguineti
6. Accusation, Defense and Self-Defense: The Debate on the Action of Giovanni Andrea Doria in LepantoEmiliano Beri
7. Celebrating Lepanto in the Republic of Genoa: Giovanni Andrea Doria’s and Other Aristocrats’ Patronage. Portraits, Paintings and TapestriesLaura Stagno
Gallery Section
8. The Necessary Enemy: Reconsidering the Perception of the “Other” in a Society of War Contractors (Genoa, Spain and the Ottoman Empire – Sixteenth Century)Bastien Carpentier
PART 3. AFTER THE BATTLE: SLAVES BETWEEN REALITY AND REPRESENTATION
9. In the Sign of Reciprocity: Muslim Slaves in Genoa and Genoese Slaves in MaghrebAndrea Zappia
10. The Image of the Turkish Slave in a Peripheral Area of the Pontifical States: The Case of the Cycle of Villa Buonaccorsi in Potenza PicenaGiuseppe Capriotti
11. ‘Cet obscur objet du désir’: Sex and Slavery in Early Modern Spanish FictionMercedes Alcalá Galán
Illustration CreditsAbout the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Stagno, Laura
Laura Stagno is associate professor of early modern art history at the University of Genoa and Scientific Director of the Museum of Palazzo del Principe in Genoa.

Franco Llopis, Borja
Borja Franco Llopis is associate professor of early modern art history at the UNED (Madrid), and principal investigator of the International Research Group “Before Orientalism: Images of the Muslim Other in Iberia”.