Title An early modern dialogue with Islam : Antonio de Sosa's Topography of Algiers (1612) / edited with an introduction by María Antonia Garcés ; translated by Diana de Armas Wilson

Published Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Series History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese world History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese worlds Contents Founding of Algiers -- Why the city is called Algiers -- Algiers as a Muslim kingdom -- How Algiers came under the Turks -- Ramparts of Algiers -- Gates of Algiers -- Fortifications of Algiers -- Moat of Algiers -- Castles and forts outside Algiers -- Houses and streets of Algiers -- Inhabitants and neighbors of Algiers -- Turks -- Renegades -- Ka'ids -- Sipahi -- Janissaries -- Agha of the Janissaries -- Ranks of the Janissaries -- Customs of the Janissaries at war -- Customs of the Janissaries in peacetime -- Customs of the Algerian Corsairs -- Catalogue of Corsairs -- Corsairs with frigates -- Algerian merchants -- Algerian laborers and artisans -- Algerian fashions -- Marabouts of Algiers -- Jews of Algiers -- Languages and currencies -- Marriage ceremonies -- Childbirth and child rearing -- Algerian women's fashions -- Women's pastimes, home decorating, and cooking -- Islamic feast days and festivals in Algiers -- Miscellany of Muslim customs in Algiers -- Algerian vices -- Algerian virtues -- Death and burial in Algiers -- Algerian buildings and fountains -- Natural beauty of Algiers -- Government of Algiers Summary This book makes available in translation a riveting sixteenth-century chronicle of European and North African cultural contacts that is virtually unknown to English-speaking readers. The Topography was written by a Portuguese cleric, Doctor Antonio de Sosa, who was captured by Algerian corsairs in 1577 and held as a Barbary slave for over four years while awaiting ransom. Sosa''s work is a fascinating description of a city at the crossroads of civilizations, with a sophisticated multilingual population of Turks, Arabs, Moriscos, Berbers, Jews, Christian captives, and converts to Islam from across the world Notes Translated from Spanish Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-380) and index Notes Print version record Subject Sosa, Antonio de, -1587. RELIGION / Islam / History Manners and customs Social conditions Travel Gesellschaft. SUBJECT Algiers (Algeria) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Algiers (Algeria) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800 Algiers (Algeria) -- Social conditions -- Early works to 1800 Subject Algeria -- Algiers Algier. Genre/Form Early works Form Electronic book Author Garcés, María Antonia Wilson, Diana de Armas, 1934- LC no. 2010052717 ISBN 9780268077723 026807772X

Other Titles Topographia, e historia general de Argel. English

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