Fatima Hatun née Beatrice Michiel: A Renegade Woman Between Early Modern Venice and Istanbul. During the last decades of the sixteenth century, Beatrice Michiel fled an unhappy marriage in Venice for Istanbul. She converted to Islam, taking the name Fatima, married a high Ottoman official, and because of her access to the imperial harem, she was...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Dursteler, Eric
Created:
2011-03-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Fatima Hatun née Beatrice Michiel: A Renegade Woman Between Early Modern Venice and Istanbul. During the last decades of the sixteenth century, Beatrice Michiel fled an unhappy marriage in Venice for Istanbul. She converted to Islam, taking the name Fatima, married a high Ottoman official, and because of her access to the imperial harem, she was...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Dursteler, Eric
Created:
2011-03-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.