A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey in East Central Europe
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
The Life of Jakab Harsányi Nagy /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Gábor Kármán.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2016]
SERIES
Series Title
History of Oriental studies,
Volume Designation
volume 2
ISSN of Series
2405-4488 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-310) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The beginnings of an ecclesiastical career -- In the service of the prince -- Years of turmoil -- The court councillor of the Great Elector -- The bureaucrat and the intellectual -- Harsanyi's changing image of the Turks -- Instead of a conclusion -- Appendix 1: Known copies of the colloquia -- Appendix 2: A glossary of place names from the eastern half of Europe.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"In A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey Gábor Kármán reconstructs the life story of a lesser-known Hungarian orientalist, Jakab Harsányi Nagy. The discussion of his activities as a school teacher in Transylvania, as a diplomat and interpreter at the Sublime Porte, as a secretary of a Moldavian voivode in exile, as well as a court councillor of Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg, not only sheds light upon the extraordinarily versatile career of this individual, but also on the variety of circles in which he lived. Gábor Kármán also gives the first historical analysis of Harsányi's contribution to Turkish studies, the Colloquia Familiaria Turcico-latina (1672)"--Provided by publisher.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Harsányi Nagy, Jakab,1615-approximately 1677.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asianists-- Hungary, Biography.
Diplomats-- Hungary, Biography.
Diplomats-- Turkey-- Istanbul, Biography.
Secretaries-- Moldavia, Biography.
Teachers-- Romania-- Transylvania, Biography.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hungary, History, 17th century, Biography.
Transylvania (Romania), History, 17th century, Biography.
Turkey, Study and teaching, History, 17th century.