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This impressive book recasts the sixteenth-century confrontation between Suleyman the Magnificent and Charles V against the background of a much wider political theater, and a much longer history of apocalyptic and millenarian thought. Both specialists and general readers will learn a great deal from this book’s balanced yet intricate narrative. -- Giancarlo Casale, professor of early modern history of the Mediterranean, European University Institute Brilliantly traces the simultaneous rise of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires, arguing that their universalist claims can only be understood in the context of the medieval rivalry between Christianity and Islam. As well as providing a much-needed comparative perspective, Turan elucidates the role of apocalypticism, arguing that to be useful, this overused term must be carefully defined. -- Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Middle East Librarian, University of Virginia

This impressive book recasts the sixteenth-century confrontation between Suleyman the Magnificent and Charles V against the background of a much wider political theater and a much longer history of apocalyptic and millenarian thought. Both specialists and general readers will learn a great deal from this book’s balanced yet intricate narrative. -- Giancarlo Casale, professor of early modern history of the Mediterranean, European University Institute Brilliantly traces the simultaneous rise of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires, arguing that their universalist claims can only be understood in the context of the medieval rivalry between Christianity and Islam. As well as providing a much-needed comparative perspective, Turan elucidates the role of apocalypticism, arguing that to be useful, this overused term must be carefully defined. -- Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Middle East librarian, University of Virginia

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Ebru Turan is an assistant professor of history at Fordham University.

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