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Allies with the infidel

The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century

Christine Isom-Verhaaren · Jan 1, 2013 · 288 pages · eng

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The military alliance in 1543 between the François I of France and Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent aroused condemnation on religious grounds from the Habsburgs and their supporters as an aberration from accepted diplomacy. Relying on contemporary Ottoman and French sources, this text presents the realpolitik of diplomacy with 'infidels'.