Fabularyzacja przestrzeni: osmański podbój Egiptu (1517) w narracji Ludwika Tuberona de Crieva

Abstract

W artykule przedstawiono analizę fragmentów Pamiętników o czasach moich Ludwika Tuberona, w których m.in. opisywał on osmański podbój Egiptu w 1517 roku. Przedmiotem rozważań są: wiedza Ludwika Tuberona na temat geografii Egiptu oraz źródła, z jakich czerpał informacje o topografii tego kraju opisując współczesne sobie wypadki.

The author presents an analysis of excerpts from the Memoirs of My Times of Louis Tuberon de Crieva, in which, among others, he described the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. The subject of the discussion is: Louis Tuberon’s knowledge of the geography of Egypt and the sources from which he drew information about the topography of this country describing contemporary events. The Dalmatian chronicler discussed the causes of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I’s expedition against the Egyptian Mameluk and the course of the war campaign. His account includes a description of the route of the Ottoman army march, together with an indication of the topographic points that were on that route. Tuberon also mentioned the operations of the Ottoman fleet. To conclude, the author relied on ancient literature and Ottoman propaganda messages, and his geographical descriptions are mainly literary. Ancient literature, not geographical reality, created the mental map of the Dalmatian chronicler.