A seventeenth-century odyssey in East Central Europe :
K�arm�an, G�abor.
A seventeenth-century odyssey in East Central Europe : the life of Jakab Harsanyi Nagy / by Gabor Karman. - 1 online resource - The History of Oriental Studies . - History of Oriental studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings of an ecclesiastical career -- In the service of the prince -- Years of turmoil -- The court councillor of the Great Elector -- The bureaucrat and the intellectual -- Harsanyi's changing image of the Turks -- Instead of a conclusion -- Appendix 1: Known copies of the colloquia -- Appendix 2: A glossary of place names from the eastern half of Europe.
"In A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey G�abor K�arm�an reconstructs the life story of a lesser-known Hungarian orientalist, Jakab Hars�anyi Nagy. The discussion of his activities as a school teacher in Transylvania, as a diplomat and interpreter at the Sublime Porte, as a secretary of a Moldavian voivode in exile, as well as a court councillor of Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg, not only sheds light upon the extraordinarily versatile career of this individual, but also on the variety of circles in which he lived. G�abor K�arm�an also gives the first historical analysis of Hars�anyi's contribution to Turkish studies, the Colloquia Familiaria Turcico-latina (1672)"--Provided by publisher.
9789004306813 9004306811
Hars�anyi Nagy, Jakab, 1615-approximately 1677.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688 --Friends and associates.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.
Hars�anyi Nagy, Jakab, 1615-approximately 1677.
Bab��ali (Istanbul, Turkey)--History.
Bab��ali (Istanbul, Turkey)
1600-1699
Asianists--Hungary--Biography.
Teachers--Romania--Transylvania--Biography.
Diplomats--Hungary--Biography.
Diplomats--Turkey--Istanbul--Biography.
Secretaries--Moldavia--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Europe--Germany.
Asianists.
Diplomats.
Friendship.
Secretaries.
Education.
Teachers.
Hungary--History--17th century--Biography.
Transylvania (Romania)--History--17th century--Biography.
Turkey--Study and teaching--History--17th century.
Europe--Moldavia.
Hungary.
Romania--Transylvania.
Turkey.
Turkey--Istanbul.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
CT968.H377 / K27 2016eb
943.9/041092
A seventeenth-century odyssey in East Central Europe : the life of Jakab Harsanyi Nagy / by Gabor Karman. - 1 online resource - The History of Oriental Studies . - History of Oriental studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings of an ecclesiastical career -- In the service of the prince -- Years of turmoil -- The court councillor of the Great Elector -- The bureaucrat and the intellectual -- Harsanyi's changing image of the Turks -- Instead of a conclusion -- Appendix 1: Known copies of the colloquia -- Appendix 2: A glossary of place names from the eastern half of Europe.
"In A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey G�abor K�arm�an reconstructs the life story of a lesser-known Hungarian orientalist, Jakab Hars�anyi Nagy. The discussion of his activities as a school teacher in Transylvania, as a diplomat and interpreter at the Sublime Porte, as a secretary of a Moldavian voivode in exile, as well as a court councillor of Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg, not only sheds light upon the extraordinarily versatile career of this individual, but also on the variety of circles in which he lived. G�abor K�arm�an also gives the first historical analysis of Hars�anyi's contribution to Turkish studies, the Colloquia Familiaria Turcico-latina (1672)"--Provided by publisher.
9789004306813 9004306811
Hars�anyi Nagy, Jakab, 1615-approximately 1677.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688 --Friends and associates.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.
Hars�anyi Nagy, Jakab, 1615-approximately 1677.
Bab��ali (Istanbul, Turkey)--History.
Bab��ali (Istanbul, Turkey)
1600-1699
Asianists--Hungary--Biography.
Teachers--Romania--Transylvania--Biography.
Diplomats--Hungary--Biography.
Diplomats--Turkey--Istanbul--Biography.
Secretaries--Moldavia--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Europe--Germany.
Asianists.
Diplomats.
Friendship.
Secretaries.
Education.
Teachers.
Hungary--History--17th century--Biography.
Transylvania (Romania)--History--17th century--Biography.
Turkey--Study and teaching--History--17th century.
Europe--Moldavia.
Hungary.
Romania--Transylvania.
Turkey.
Turkey--Istanbul.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
CT968.H377 / K27 2016eb
943.9/041092