EAST AND WEST IN THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION: THE MESSAGE OF SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT TO THE PROTESTANTS OF THE NETHERLANDS
The article publishes the letter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to the inhabitants of the city of Lille, which, unlike the Habsburg Empire, were Protestants. According to the policy of the Sultan, he sought to conclude an alliance with the Protestants against the Catholic power of the Spanish monarch Charles V of Habsburg.