"THE SECT OF AN ANCIENT VIPER" OR "PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL"? OPPOSING IMAGES OF TURKS AND ISLAM IN THE WORKS OF THE BURGUNDIAN COURT. WRITERS GEORGES CHASTELAIN AND BERTRANDON DE LA BROQUIÈRE (CIRCA 1455)

Abstract

This study compares the apporach to Islam and the Turks of two close contemporaries, writing around 1455 at the Burgundian court. While the official chronicler Georges Chastelan adopted a venemosly anti-Muslim stance, Bertrandon de la Broquiere portrayed the Turks in efforts to understand their religion and different way of life.

Keywords

• Burgundy
• courtly literature
• Islam
• Muslims
• Tolerance