The Early Ottoman History as Presented bу Niccolo Sagundino in Liber de authomanorum familia
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https://doi.org/10.60053/GSU.IF.1.106.111-136Keywords:
Niccolo Sagundino, Aeneas Silvio Piccolomini, Early Ottoman history, Ottoman rulersAbstract
The present study aims to present Nicolo Sagundino's information on the history of the Ottomans from their origins to the middle of the 15th century. Sagundino is of Greek descent, but his life is connected with the politics and diplomacy of Venice. A translator and diplomat, Sagundino took part in the first Venetian mission after the fall of Constantinople under Ottoman rule in 1453. He became the first European to give first-hand information about the appearance and character of Mehmed II the Conqueror.
The humanist Aeneas Silvio Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, commissioned him to write a work on the origins of the Ottomans, and the result was the Liber de Authumanorum familia.
This small book is the earliest humanistic work on the origins of the Ottomans and their history. Here we will examine and analyze the information presented by Niccolo Sagundino to European audiences in the 15th century about early Ottoman history, concluding with the reign of Bayezid I and his succesors and, in conclusion, that of Murad II.
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