Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Francesco Sansovino, Historia Universale dell'origine et imperio de'Turchi, 1581

Francesco Sansovino, Historia Universale dell'origine et imperio de'Turchi (Venice, 1581)



Discussing the Ottoman opponents, notes: "and among the most bellicose are the Albanians, then Georgians [Iberi] and the Mengrellians [Mengrelli], the latter infamous for their madness [pazzia], drunkenness [ubbriacamenti] and thievery [ladronecci]."