Hisṭria De Jacob Xalabín / History of Yakub Celebi: With an Introduction and Notes (Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts, 15) (English and Catalan Edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004302697 ISBN 13: 9789004302693

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2015

Synopsis

The Hisṭria de Jacob Xalabín, an anonymous novel written in Catalan c.1400, focuses on the figure of the Ottoman prince Yakub Çelebi, son of Murad I and half-brother of Bayezid I. It ends with the first detailed account of the battle of Kosovo of 1389, which left a lasting mark on the history of the Balkans.
This text, mixing historical and fictional elements, is one of the earliest depictions in Western Literature of the rising Ottoman empire. Because of this, it is most relevant for Mediterranean studies and debates about orientalism. Juan Carlos Bayo has prepared a new critical edition of this novel, with an introduction and notes, and Barry Taylor offers its first translation ever into the English language. The volume is completed with an appendix of texts and documents on the Turkish connections of the Crown of Aragon.

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About the Author:

Juan Carlos Bayo, Ph.D., University of Barcelona, 1999, is 'Ramón y Cajal' Senior Researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid. His work on Medieval Hispanic literature includes editions of the Cantar de Mio Cid (2009), and Gonzalo de Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Señora (2006).
Barry Taylor, Ph.D., King's College London, 1983, is Curator of Early Hispanic Printed Collections at the British Library. His work on Medieval Hispanic literature includes editions of the Cathoniana confectio (2004) and the Libro del consejo e de los consejeros (2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9004302697
• ISBN 13: 9789004302693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226