Hafsids and Habsburgs in the early modern Mediterranean : facing Tunis / Cristelle L. Baskins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baskins, Cristelle Louise, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

New transculturalisms, 1400-1800

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Al-Hassan, Muley--Portraits.

Al-Hassan, Muley.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.

Charles.

Islam--Relations--Christianity--History.

Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.

Christianity and other religions.

Tunisia--History--1516-1881.

Tunisia.

Christianity.

Interfaith relations.

Genre:

History

Portraits

Physical Description:

xviii, 313 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, plan, portraits ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

Summary:

In this book, Baskins places Muley Hassan, the ruler of Tunis, center-stage in an analysis of the evolution and production of portraiture and the representation of Hafsid-Hapsburg-Ottoman confrontation. Portraits capturethe multi-faceted struggle for prestige, patronage, and sovereignty in Mediterranean courts. Palmira Brummett, Professor Emerita, History, University of Tennessee, USA Baskins interdisciplinary book opens new directions for the study of portraits and Habsburg visual propaganda about North African campaigns. She also breaks with traditional studies of the 'Muslim other' and presents a case study of fluid permeability and alterity in the Mediterranean. Borja Franco Llopis, Associate Professor, Art History, National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain This work is distinguished by its use of a variety of primary sources, and its multifaceted approach, combining history and art history. It is an important addition to the study of early modern Tunisia in particular, and to acculturation in the Mediterranean in general. Houssem Eddine Chachia, Assistant Professor, History, University of Tunis, Tunisia This book explores an anonymous sixteenth-century portrait of Muley al-Hassan, the Hafsid king of Tunis (ca. 15281550), that bears witness to relations between North Africa, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans. While Muley al-Hassan appears frequently in the vast literature on Charles V Habsburg, he is overshadowed by the emperor. Here he emerges as a protagonist, a figure whose shifting reputation can be traced well into the seventeenth century. Images of the King of Tunis circulated in broadsheets, ephemeral images made for triumphal entries, manuscripts, tapestry designs, engravings, and books. The ceaseless production of Tunisian imagery allowed Europeans to face their North African counterparts through scenes of battle but also through imaginary encounters and festive cross-dressing. This book shows how portraits of Hafsid rulers challenge assumptions about the absolute divide between Christian and Muslim, sovereign and subject, the familiar and the foreign, and they put a face on the entangled histories of the early modern Mediterranean. Cristelle L. Baskins is Associate Professor Emeritus, Tufts University, USA.

Contents:

1 Introduction

Art History and North Africa

Note on Sources

Transliteration and Translation

2 Hafsids and Habsburgs

The Lost World of Muley al-Hassan

Hafsid Treasures

The Tunis Campaign

Visible Speech

3 Sovereign Display

Contesting the Crown: Barbarossa and Muley al-Hassan

The King of Tunis in Triumph: Cosenza and Naples

The King of Tunis in Triumph: Rome and Florence

Tunis Dispersed

Tunis in the Wake of the Habsburgs

4 Italian Sojourn

Naples: June 1543

De Spenis, Breve Cronica

In Search of Charles: Florence and Rome, Summer 1543

Loss of Face

5 Vanishing Acts

Muley al-Hassan, Muley Ahmet, and the Sharif of Qayrawan

From Tunis to Augsburg

Face Off with Death

Mourning Muley al-Hassan, Celebrating Mahdiyya

6 Pious Fictions

Rubens' Two Kings of Tunis

The Habsburgs and Tunis 1573-1574

Antwerp

Chifflet Unraveled

"God Can Do More Than That!"

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Baskins, Cristelle Louise. Hafsids and Habsburgs in the early modern Mediterranean.

ISBN:

9783031050787

3031050789

OCLC:

1338665938