Institute of Oriental Studies, P.R.I.
Topic
Early Modern interpretations of Islam on the territory of Royal Hungary (16th-17th centuries)
PhD. program
World History
Year of admission
2024
Name of the supervisor
PhDr. Gabriel Pirický, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
Annotation
Early modern interpretations of Islam on the territory of Royal Hungary (16th-17th centuries) mostly arose in the context of controversies between Christian denominations in a country divided as a result of Ottoman expansion. In these polemics, Islam or more precisely the image that Christians created about Islam, played an important and peculiar role. In the struggle with Islam since the beginnings of the Reformation the Christian world did not stand united, but each Christian religious community formulated its own attitude towards the „religion of the Turks and Arabs“ in the process of confessionalization. However, by studying contemporary sources of various kinds, it is necessary to deepen our knowledge of these views on the Islamic religion.