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Andrea Cambini or Andreas Cambinus (1445/1460—1527) was an Italian historian, humanist and writer.


Works on Ottomans

Cambini was the author of an early history of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, the ''Commentario de Andrea Cambini fiorentino della origine de turchi, et imperio della casa Ottomanna'', which was published in 1529, two years after his death in Florence in 1527. By 1541, Cambini's book had been reissued several times. Cambini was a pupil of fellow humanist
Cristoforo Landino Cristoforo Landino (1424 in Pratovecchio, Casentino, Florence – 24 September 1498 in Borgo alla Collina, Casentino) was an Italian humanist and an important figure of the Florentine Renaissance. Biography From a family with ties to the C ...
. Since Cambini had never traveled outside Italy, he wrote his work on the Ottomans by relying on older sources from around Western Europe. Cambini belonged to a group of sixteenth-century Italian historians which included
Paolo Giovio Paolo Giovio (also spelled ''Paulo Jovio''; Latin: ''Paulus Jovius''; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552) was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate. Early life Little is known about Giovio's youth. He was a native of Co ...
and Giovanni Menavino. They openly praised the Ottoman's organization and behavior. His work sparked interest in the origin of the Ottoman dynasty. In his work, he rejected a theory that the Ottomans were descendants of the
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. Cambini followed the fashion of other contemporary historical works and wrote a history of the Ottomans focused on the personality of the
Ottoman sultans The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to Dissolution of the Ottoman Em ...
and on the military events of their reigns.


Use of his works by other contemporary authors

Some authors had considered the work of Christophe Richer on the
Fall of Constantinople The Fall of Constantinople, also known as the Conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-da ...
to be the account of an eyewitness (an otherwise unknown Riccherio), but it was later discovered that it was actually the work of Richer himself, who based his narration of the event on the work of several previous historians, including Cambini. Cambini's work remains a valuable source of information on the siege because his sources included the testimonies of survivors. In 1562, John Shute translated the works of Cambini and
Paolo Giovio Paolo Giovio (also spelled ''Paulo Jovio''; Latin: ''Paulus Jovius''; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552) was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate. Early life Little is known about Giovio's youth. He was a native of Co ...
into English and composed a
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on them (''Two very notable commentaries: The one of the original of the Turcks and the empire of the house of Ottomanno, and the other of the warre of the Turcke against George Scanderbeg'').


References


External links


Commentario de Andrea Cambini, fiorentino, della Origine de'Turchi, et imperio della casa Ottomanna – online"> Commentario de Andrea Cambini, fiorentino, della Origine de'Turchi, et imperio della casa Ottomanna – online
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