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The Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe, Daniel Goffman

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-251) and index

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The Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe

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Daniel Goffman

New approaches to European history, 24

Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion. A perception of its militarism, its barbarism, its tyranny, the sexual appetites of its rulers and its pervasive exoticism has led historians to measure the Ottoman world against a western standard and find it lacking. In recent decades, a dynamic and convincing scholarship has emerged that seeks to comprehend and, in the process, to de-exoticize this enduring realm. Dan Goffman provides a thorough introduction to the history and institutions of the Ottoman Empire from this new standpoint, and presents a claim for its inclusion in Europe. -- Publisher description

Chronological table of events ---- The Ottoman House through 1687 ---- 1. Introduction. Ottomancentrismand the West ---- Part I. State and society in the Ottoman world. Kubad's formative years --- 2. Fabricating the Ottoman state --- Kubad in Istanbul --- 3. A seasoned polity --- Kubad at the Sublime Porte --- 4. Factionalismand insurrection ---- Part II. The Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean and European worlds. Kubad in Venice --- 5. The Ottoman-Venetian association --- Kubad between worlds --- 6. Commerce and diasporas --- Kubad ransomed --- 7. Achanging station in Europe --- 8. Conclusion. The Greater Western World