« Nous sommes morts de peur » : considérations pathémiques sur les opuscules antiturcs de Marko Marulić de Split

The incursions of the Ottomans into Europe starting in the fourteenth century gave rise to a particular genre of literature known as "antiturcic" (antiturcica), by turns warlike, prophetic, and historical. In this vein, the Dalmatian Marko Marulić of Split (1450-1524) composed a Prayer aga...

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Main Author: Kraljić, Ivan C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: Iter Press 2019
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-140
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CD Christianity and Culture
CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBK Europe (East)
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Summary:The incursions of the Ottomans into Europe starting in the fourteenth century gave rise to a particular genre of literature known as "antiturcic" (antiturcica), by turns warlike, prophetic, and historical. In this vein, the Dalmatian Marko Marulić of Split (1450-1524) composed a Prayer against the Turks (of uncertain date), the Lament of Jerusalem (ca. 1517), and a letter requesting the help of Pope Adrian VI (1522). Marulić was closely familiar with the Ottoman threat: during his life the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, Jerusalem, Syria, Egypt, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and finally Belgrade (in 1521)—a victory which cleared their way into Hungary and Croatia. Out of the passionate study comprising these three Marulian antiturcica emerges a rhetoric demonizing the Ottomans, which not only attests to the violent emotions experienced by their author, but also justifies a merciless war against an enemy portrayed as cruel, insatiable, and invincible.
Les incursions des Ottomans en Europe depuis le XIVe siècle ont donné naissance à un genre littéraire particulier appelé littérature antiturque (antiturcica), tour à tour belliciste, prophétique ou historique. Le Dalmate Marko Marulić de Split (1450–1524) composa ainsi une Prière contre les Turcs (date inconnue), une Plainte de la ville de Jérusalem (1517 vraisemblablement), et une lettre demandant l’aide du pape Adrien VI (1522). Il connut de près la menace ottomane : de son vivant, les Ottomans conquirent Constantinople, Jérusalem, la Syrie, l’Égypte, la Serbie, la Bosnie, l’Herzégovine, et enfin Belgrade (1521), victoire qui leur ouvrit les portes de la Hongrie et de la Croatie. De l’étude pathémique de ces trois antiturcica maruliens émerge une rhétorique de diabolisation des Ottomans qui non seulement témoigne des violentes émotions subies par l’auteur, mais qui justifie aussi une guerre sans merci contre cet ennemi qui apparaît cruel, insatiable et invincible.
ISSN:2293-7374
Contains:Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7202/1065127ar