The Turkish Embassy LettersIn 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire. Montagu accompanied her husband to Turkey and wrote an extraordinary series of letters that recorded her experiences as a traveller and her impressions of Ottoman culture and society. This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and “Oriental” tales written in Europe. |
Contents
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A Brief Chronology | 35 |
A Note on the Text | 41 |
The Turkish Embassy Letters | 43 |
Front Matter for the 1763 Edition | 221 |
Further Correspondence and Verse Relating to Turkey | 225 |
Reception | 245 |
The Smallpox Inoculation Controversy | 253 |
Turkish Women and the Harem | 263 |
Eastern Tales and Orientalist Fictions | 279 |
Descriptions of Ottoman Governance and Society | 293 |
Accounts of Islam | 305 |
Illustrations | 313 |
Works Cited and Recommended Reading | 317 |
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