Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman Empire and to Islam. She also considers the relationship between text and image, placing it in the cultural context of the Reformation and beyond.

Introduction 1 Early Images of the Turk and the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1520 2 Military Images of the Turk and the Conflicts of the Sixteenth Century 3 Biblical Images of the Turk: The Apocalyptic and the Exotic 4 Travellers' Tales and Images of the Ottoman Empire and Court of Constantinople 5 Ottoman Dress in Sixteenth-Century German Printed Costume Books 6 Genealogies, Histories, Cosmographies: Encyclopaedic Images of the Turk Conclusion