Dimitris Kastritsis's guest appearances

Dimitris Kastritsis

Lectures in Intellectual History

Benjamin Franklin

Tom Jones

Ryan Hanley

James Harris

David Hume

David Weinstein

Philip Schofield

Jeremy Bentham

George Berkeley

Nick Phillipson

Jacqueline Rose

Katrina Forrester

Quentin Skinner

Susan James

Joanne Paul

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During the period that saw the creation of the classical Ottoman Empire, the Alexander of pseudo-Callisthenes functioned as a familiar if contested cultural currency. Across the boundaries of Christianity and Islam, legends about the ancient conqueror took on new relevance in light of contemporary political aspirations, which were closely intertwined with religious and social turmoil, and the ensuing eschatological expectations. In this paper, Dimitris Kastritsis examines the fate of the Alexander Romance, both Greek and Islamic, in the period that saw the Ottoman state grow in to a global empire.

Dimitris Kastritsis - The Alexander Romance and the Birth of the Ottoman Empire