CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Telegina, Mariia |
|---|---|
| Title | Ceremonial Representation in Cross-Confessional Diplomacy: The Ottoman Embassy of a Christian Ambassador to Moscow in 1621 |
| Summary | This study focuses on a largely unexplored topic, the inter-imperial and cross-confessional diplomacy between the non-Western powers, the Ottoman Empire and Muscovy. It explores the role of religion in Christian-Muslim diplomatic encounters in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries from the perspective of symbolic communication. Using the case study of the 1621 embassy of the Ottoman Greek diplomat Thomas Kantakouzenos, I demonstrate that in the context of Muscovite diplomatic ceremonial that came to put a greater emphasis on the religious divide between foreign diplomats, the Christian intermediary provided the sultan with an opportunity to project his imperial authority through symbolic tools of a Christian court. At the same time, drawing on the assets of his religious and political identity, he was capable of intervening in prestige politics of both courts. This work also examines the role of global religio-political trends in shaping the notion of Muscovite and Ottoman otherness through the lens of diplomatic culture. |
| Supervisor | Tijana Krstic, Jan Hennings |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/telegina_maria.pdf |
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