The Cambridge History of Turkey 4 Volume Hardback Set: The Cambridge History of Turkey: Volume 2
Cambridge University Press, 11/12/2012
EAN 9780521620949, ISBN10: 0521620945
Hardcover, 728 pages, 23.5 x 16 x 4.4 cm
Language: English
Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Turkey examines the period from the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 to the accession of Ahmed I in 1603. During this period, the Ottoman Empire moved into a new phase of expansion, emerging in the sixteenth century as a dominant political player on the world scene. With territory stretching around the Mediterranean from the Adriatic Sea to Morocco, and from the Caucasus to the Caspian Sea, the Ottomans reached the apogee of their military might in a period seen by many later Ottomans, and historians, as a golden age in which the state was strong, the sultan's might unquestionable, and intellectual life and the arts flourishing. In this volume, leading scholars assess the considerable expansion of Ottoman power and effervescence of the Ottoman intellectual and cultural world. They also investigate the challenges that faced the Ottoman state, particularly in the later period, as the empire experienced economic crises, revolts and drawn-out wars.
1. Introduction Suraiya Faroqhi
Part I. An Expanding Empire
2. The Ottomans, 1451–1603
a political history Kate Fleet
3. Ottoman expansion in Europe, c.1453–1606 Palmira Brummett
4. Ottoman expansion in the east Ebru Boyar
5. Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean Kate Fleet
6. Ottoman expansion in the Red Sea Salih Ozbaran
Part II. Government, Economic Life and Society
7. Government, administration and law Colin Imber
8. The Ottoman government and economic life Murat Cizakca
9. Ottoman armies and warfare Geza David
10. Religious institutions, policies and lives Gilles Veinstein
11. Ottoman population Suraiya Faroqhi
Part III. Culture and the Arts
12. Intellectual life Gottfried Hagen
13. The visual arts Cigdem Kafescioglu
14. The making of a literary tradition Selim Kuru.