The discovery of Ottoman Greece: knowledge, encounter, and belief in the Mediterranean world of Martin Crusius

Abstract

"The Discovery of Ottoman Greece unearths forgotten research by the early modern philhellenist and Lutheran reformer Martin Crusius. His extensive study of Greek Orthodox life, including interviews with traveling alms-seekers, sheds light on European views of Greek decline under Ottoman rule as well as on the global ambitions of Lutheran reform" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Christian Purity -- A Lutheran Philhellene -- Wandering Greeks -- Household Conversations -- Communities of Experts -- Travel in the Mind's Eye -- Visions of Ottoman Greece.