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“This is the English, not the Turkish court”: Ottomans in Shakespeare’s Henriad
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Shakespeare and Beyond

“This is the English, not the Turkish court”: Ottomans in Shakespeare’s Henriad

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Aisha Hussain

In Shakespeare’s Henriad – Richard II (1595), Henry IV Part I (1596), Henry IV Part II (1597), and Henry V (1599) – English Christian characters frequently employ negative Turkish tropes when criticizing each other’s corrupt political agendas. However, these tropes differ from…