In the next three episode we will take a closer look at the relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. That period was dominated by the presence of the Ottomans, and in today's episode we will take a closer look at this new player in Europe, and how this empire related to other European states, and how its religiously mixed society looked like.

Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe
People are often surprised that the history of the Islam in Europe is so much more than a history of wars. It's also a story of diplomacy and trade, knowledge and arts, from Muslims living together with Christians and Europeans for centuries. Muslims and the Islam are not things that just 'happened' to Europe, they are part of Europe. In this podcast series, professor Maurits Berger talks about the history of the Islam in Europe: going back to the first Muslim who set foot in Europe, and seeing what kind of interactions have taken place between Muslims and Europeans since then.

Music
• Jordi Saval: 'Uskudar' (Ottoman) • Bulgarian Female Choir: 'Schopska Pesen' (Bulgaria) • Johannes Caioni: 'Codex Caioni: Czardas' (Transylvania) • (France)Julian Belin: 'Second Trio'
• Cornelis Schuyt: 'Bewaert, O heer, holland' (Netherlands) •Adam Jarzebsk: 'Tamburetta' (Poland)