The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq

Seigneur of Bousbecque, Knight, Imperial Ambassador

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Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - European History

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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 1 contains a lengthy biography of Busbecq, written by the editors, and his famous Turkish Letters, which are a unique source of information on Ottoman court life in the sixteenth century.

Release date NZ

August 9th, 2012

Author

Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Edited and translated by Charles Thornton Foster
Edited and translated by F. H. Blackburne Daniell

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps

Pages

436

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - European History

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9781108054553

Product ID

20644267

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