The emperor, the sultan and the scholar: the portrayal of the Ottomans in the Dialogue with a Persian of Manuel II Palaiologos

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Celik S.

BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES, vol.41, no.2, pp.208-228, 2017 (AHCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 41 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/byz.2017.12
  • Journal Name: BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.208-228
  • Keywords: Manuel II Palaiologos, dialogue, Byzantine literature, Byzantine anti-Islamic treatises, Bayezid I
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This article will attempt to offer the first literary analysis of the Dialogue with a Persian of Manuel II Palaiologos. Despite its rich theological and literary material, this work has largely been neglected by scholars. However, the Dialogue deserves to be studied for its literary merit and not merely as a historical source. After a brief overview of the contents and background of the Dialogue, this study will focus on its literary features, especially on the vivid character portrayal of the Ottomans and the emperor himself.