Hafsids and Habsburgs in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Facing Tunis Baskins Cristelle L.
Hafsids and Habsburgs in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Facing Tunis Baskins Cristelle L. This book explores an anonymous sixteenth-century portrait of Muley al-Hassan, the Hafsid king of Tunis (ca.…
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Hafsids and Habsburgs in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Facing Tunis Baskins Cristelle L.
This book explores an anonymous sixteenth-century portrait of Muley al-Hassan, the Hafsid king of Tunis (ca. While Muley al-Hassan appears frequently in the vast literature on Charles V Habsburg, he is overshadowed by the emperor. 1528-1550), that bears witness to relations between North Africa, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans.
Images of the King of Tunis circulated in broadsheets, ephemeral images made for triumphal entries, manuscripts, tapestry designs, engravings, and books. Here he emerges as a protagonist, a figure whose shifting reputation can be traced well into the seventeenth century. 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
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