The Forms and Roles of 16th And 17th Century Pamphlet Journalism on Issues Surrounding Relations Between Turks and Christians

This paper presents the relations between Christian Central Europe and the Islamic world (primarily represented by the Ottoman Empire), based on the testimonies of 16th and 17th century Czech and German pamphlets. A selection of these indicate the specific kinds of subjects, approaches, positions and functions involved in this journalism within the common sphere. For example, they include prints on military conflicts, the standpoints of Protestant theologians on Turkish expansion, extracts from important documents, descriptions of events, forecasts, prints on the conversions of Turks to Christianity and the instrumental usage of the Turkish threat in conflicts between Christian denominations.19721