| Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State Contributor(s): Kafadar, Cemal (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520206002 ISBN-13: 9780520206007 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. This highly original look at the rise of the Ottoman empire--the longest-lived political entity in human history--shows the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the Eastern Roman Empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | Middle East - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 956.100 |
| LCCN: 94021024 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.04" W x 8.97" (0.70 lbs) 205 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. This highly original look at the rise of the Ottoman empire-the longest-lived political entity in human history-shows the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the Eastern Roman Empire. |