{"product_id":"the-ottoman-and-the-spanish-empires-in-the-sixteenth-and-seventeenth-centuries-9781646791705","title":"The Ottoman and the Spanish Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"...\u003cem\u003eTHERE was a time when the power, and, in a great measure, the civilization of Europe, seemed to have\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003etheir chief seat in the South; a time when the Ottoman empire and the Spanish monarchy had grown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eup, face to face, to an overtopping greatness, dangerous to neighbouring and remote nations, and when\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eno literature in the world could compare with that of Italy...\" --\u003c\/em\u003eLeopold von Ranke, Preface, 1843\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ottoman and Spanish Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e by German historian Leopold von Ranke was first published in German in 1830, and translated into English in 1843. Von Ranke described the rivalry between the two leading powers in the Mediterranean, the Ottomans and the Spaniards. Just as in his other books, von Ranke's writing was based on eye-witness accounts, in this case the well-documented reporting of the Venetian ambassadors who had been emissaries to both empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1997125\"\u003eLeopold Von Ranke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646791705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646791703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS045000\"\u003eEurope | Spain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS055000\"\u003eMiddle East | Turkey \u0026amp; Ottoman Empire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037090\"\u003eModern | 16th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44578186363117,"sku":"9781646791705","price":22.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c85fd882-71d9-4376-9df6-66598a9d00b3.jpg?v=1702042436","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-ottoman-and-the-spanish-empires-in-the-sixteenth-and-seventeenth-centuries-9781646791705","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}