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Christian-Muslim Relations A Bibliographical History History of Christian-Muslim Relations Christian-Muslim A Bibliographical History Relations Volume 8. Northern and Eastern Europe (1600-1700) Editorial Board David Thomas (University of Birmingham) Jon Hoover (University of Nottingham) Sandra Toenies Keating (Providence College) Edited by Tarif Khalidi (American University of Beirut) David Thomas and John Chesworth Suleiman Mourad (Smith College) with Clinton Bennett, Lejla Demiri, Gabriel Said Reynolds (University of Notre Dame) Mark Swanson (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) Martha Frederiks, Stanisław Grodź, Douglas Pratt Volume 29 Christians and Muslims have been involved in exchanges over matters of faith and morality since the founding of Islam. Attitudes between the faiths today are deeply coloured by the legacy of past encounters, and often preserve centuries-old negative views. The History of Christian-Muslim Relations, Texts and Studies presents the surviving record of past encounters in a variety of forms: authoritative, text editions and annotated transla- tions, studies of authors and their works and collections of essays on particular themes and historical periods. It illustrates the development in mutual perceptions as these are contained in surviving Christian and Muslim writings, and makes available the arguments and rhetorical strategies that, for good or for ill, have left their mark on attitudes today. The series casts light on a history marked by intellectual creativity and occasional breakthroughs in communica- tion, although, on the whole beset by misunderstanding and misrepresentation. By making this history better known, the series seeks to contribute to improved recognition between Christians and Muslims in the future. A number of volumes of the History of Christian-Muslim Relations series are published within the subseries Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. LEIDEN • BOSTON The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/hcmr 2016 Christian-Muslim Relations A Bibliographical History Volume 8. Northern and Eastern Europe (1600-1700) Edited by David Thomas and John Chesworth with Clinton Bennett, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, Stanisław Grodź, Douglas Pratt LEIDEN • BOSTON 2016 Cover illustration: Portrait of ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad al-Annurī, the Moroccan ambassador, c. 1600, painter unknown. It has been suggested that the ambassador was a model for the character of Othello, in Shakespeare’s play of 1604. On display at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, Stratford upon Avon. The University of Birmingham Research and Cultural Collections. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Christian Muslim relations : a bibliographical history / Edited by David Thomas and John Chesworth with Clinton Bennett, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, Stanisław Grodź, Douglas Pratt. p. cm. — (The history of Christian-Muslim relations, ISSN 1570-7350 ; v. 29) Includes index. ISBN 9789004309173 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Christianity and other religions— Islam. 2. Islam—Relations—Christianity. 3. Christianity and other religions—Islam— Bibliography. 4. Islam—Relations—Christianity—Bibliography. BP172.C4196 2009 016.2612’7—dc22 2009029184 Want or need Open Access? Brill Open offers you the choice to make your research freely accessible online in exchange for a publication charge. Review your various options on brill.com/brill-open. Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/ brill-typeface. ISSN 1570-7350 ISBN 978-90-04-30917-3 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-32663-7 (e-book) Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. CONTENTS Foreword ....................................................................................................... vii List of Illustrations ...................................................................................... x Abbreviations ............................................................................................... xii Stanisław Grodź, Introduction ................................................................. 1 Jo-Ann Ezra, Diplomacy, Piracy and Commerce: Christian-Muslim Relations between North Africa, the Ottoman Empire and Britain c. 1580-1685 ................................................................................................. 15 Karel Steenbrink, Dutch versus Portuguese colonialism. Traders versus crusaders? .................................................................................... 35 Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1600-1700 ................................ 49 British Isles .................................................................................................... 51 The Netherlands and Scandinavia .......................................................... 551 Poland and Lithuania ................................................................................. 673 Russia .............................................................................................................. 819 Index of Names ............................................................................................ 989 Index of Titles ............................................................................................... 1005 FOREWORD David Thomas This volume of Christian-Muslim relations. A bibliographical History (CMR 8) continues the history of relations between Christians and Muslims according to the original sources in the period 1600-1700. CMR 8 focuses on works from Great Britain, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Poland, Lithuania and Russia, mostly written by authors who either professed Christianity or reflected its teachings and the attitudes emanating from them. It shows that while prejudices known from earlier times were still current, among them that Muslims had been misled by a false prophet, were morally directionless and represented the embodiment of evil, there were also glimmerings of awareness that they may be capable of salvation like Christians, and open curiosity about their beliefs and ways. As a result of intensifying encounters through trade, diplomatic initiatives and the memoires of travellers, there was also more extensive and more accurate knowledge about them and their beliefs, though this was held in tension with stories about Islamic origins passed down from former times, in particular the life and status of Muḥammad, who remained the arch-imposter. The intention of the CMR series is to provide full accounts of all the known works written by Christians and Muslims about one another and against one another. As in earlier volumes, the editors have been generously assisted by both new and established scholars, who have often written at length and in detail to produce a collection of entries that reflect the latest research and in some instances take it forward and extend it beyond what was previously known. This is especially true for entries concerning works from Eastern Europe and Russia. Like its predecessors, CMR 8 starts with introductory essays that treat details of the political and religious situation in the world of the 17th century in which the works concerned with Christian-Muslim relations were written. Following these come the entries that make up the bulk of the volume. The basic criterion has been to choose works written substantially about or against the other faith, or containing significant information or judgements that cast light on attitudes of one faith towards the other. Thus, by their very nature, apologetic and polemical works are included, while letters, addresses, plays and works of travel and history viii FOREWORD also frequently qualify. Everything has been included that is thought to contribute substantially towards building the picture of Islam that was portrayed by Christians, and towards constructing attitudes towards Muslims expressed by Christians. This principle criterion is easily applicable in many cases, but it proves difficult in a significant minority of instances (not least Russian stories in which Muslims (usually Turks) appear at first sight more as threats to the integrity of the nation than as bearers of a religion). An inclusive approach has therefore been adopted, especially with respect to works that may contain only small though insightful details, or only appear to touch obliquely on relations. Another criterion is that inclusion of works within this volume, like its predecessors, has been decided according to the date of their author’s death, not the date when the works themselves appeared. The adoption of this approach has led to evident anomalies at either end, where authors were mainly or almost entirely active in one century though have not died until the beginning of the next. If this seems arbitrary, it is balanced

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