Hafsids and Habsburgs in the early modern Mediterranean : facing Tunis / Cristelle L. Baskins.
Baskins, Cristelle Louise, author.; Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)
2022
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Title Hafsids and Habsburgs in the early modern Mediterranean : facing Tunis / Cristelle L. Baskins.
Author Baskins, Cristelle Louise, author.
ISBN 3031050797 electronic book
9783031050794 (electronic bk.)
9783031050787
3031050789
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05079-4
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-05079-4 doi
Call Number DT261 .B37 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 961.103092
Summary In this book, Baskins places Muley Hassan, the ruler of Tunis, center-stage in an analysis of the evolution and production of portraiture and the representation of Hafsid-Hapsburg-Ottoman confrontation. Portraits capturethe multi-faceted struggle for prestige, patronage, and sovereignty in Mediterranean courts. Palmira Brummett, Professor Emerita, History, University of Tennessee, USA Baskins interdisciplinary book opens new directions for the study of portraits and Habsburg visual propaganda about North African campaigns. She also breaks with traditional studies of the 'Muslim other' and presents a case study of fluid permeability and alterity in the Mediterranean. Borja Franco Llopis, Associate Professor, Art History, National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain This work is distinguished by its use of a variety of primary sources, and its multifaceted approach, combining history and art history. It is an important addition to the study of early modern Tunisia in particular, and to acculturation in the Mediterranean in general. Houssem Eddine Chachia, Assistant Professor, History, University of Tunis, Tunisia This book explores an anonymous sixteenth-century portrait of Muley al-Hassan, the Hafsid king of Tunis (ca. 15281550), that bears witness to relations between North Africa, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans. While Muley al-Hassan appears frequently in the vast literature on Charles V Habsburg, he is overshadowed by the emperor. Here he emerges as a protagonist, a figure whose shifting reputation can be traced well into the seventeenth century. Images of the King of Tunis circulated in broadsheets, ephemeral images made for triumphal entries, manuscripts, tapestry designs, engravings, and books. The ceaseless production of Tunisian imagery allowed Europeans to face their North African counterparts through scenes of battle but also through imaginary encounters and festive cross-dressing. This book shows how portraits of Hafsid rulers challenge assumptions about the absolute divide between Christian and Muslim, sovereign and subject, the familiar and the foreign, and they put a face on the entangled histories of the early modern Mediterranean. Cristelle L. Baskins is Associate Professor Emeritus, Tufts University, USA.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series New transculturalisms, 1400-1800.
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1 Introduction
Art History and North Africa
Note on Sources
Transliteration and Translation
2 Hafsids and Habsburgs
The Lost World of Muley al-Hassan
Hafsid Treasures
The Tunis Campaign
Visible Speech
3 Sovereign Display
Contesting the Crown: Barbarossa and Muley al-Hassan
The King of Tunis in Triumph: Cosenza and Naples
The King of Tunis in Triumph: Rome and Florence
Tunis Dispersed
Tunis in the Wake of the Habsburgs
4 Italian Sojourn
Naples: June 1543
De Spenis, Breve Cronica
In Search of Charles: Florence and Rome, Summer 1543
Loss of Face
5 Vanishing Acts
Muley al-Hassan, Muley Ahmet, and the Sharif of Qayrawan
From Tunis to Augsburg
Face Off with Death
Mourning Muley al-Hassan, Celebrating Mahdiyya
6 Pious Fictions
Rubens' Two Kings of Tunis
The Habsburgs and Tunis 1573-1574
Antwerp
Chifflet Unraveled
"God Can Do More Than That!"
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

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