The nature of the early Ottoman state /
Drawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to the study of the formative years of the Ottoman Empire. Challenging the predominant view that a desire to spread Islam accounted for Ottoman success du...
| Основен автор: | Lowry, Heath W., 1942- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=112739 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Nature of the early Ottoman state. |
| Резюме: |
Drawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to the study of the formative years of the Ottoman Empire. Challenging the predominant view that a desire to spread Islam accounted for Ottoman success during the fourteenth-century advance into Southeastern Europe, Lowry argues that the primary motivation was a desire for booty and slaves. The early Ottomans were a plundering confederacy, open to anyone (Muslim or Christian) who could meaningfully contribute to this goal. It was this lack of a strict religious orthodoxy, and a willingness to preserve local customs and practices, that allowed the Ottomans to gain and maintain support. Later accounts were written to buttress what had become the self-image of the dynasty following its incorporation of the heartland of the Islamic world in the sixteenth century. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 197 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1417524073 9781417524075 0791456358 9780791456354 0791456366 9780791456361 9780791487266 0791487261 |