"Leslie Peirce has produced a meticulously researched and
gloriously imagined work of historical scholarship. Her deep
familiarity with the city of Aintab (today's Gaziantep) shines
through on every page as she recreates the world of the city and
its inhabitants in the middle of the sixteenth century. Using a
wide variety of sources, Peirce departs from state-centered
approach of much of Ottoman historiography and asks instead how
individuals understood themselves and their place in Ottoman
society. Her answers take us into areas of Ottoman society that are
still obscure. We see Aintabans grappling with issues of class,
morality, heresy, and the differences between men and women.
Throughout, Peirce excavates the complicated relationship between a
society that understands itself as Islamic but whose sources of
meaning and order are not confined to the religious
tradition."--Molly Greene, Princeton University
"This is another masterpiece that will, like Leslie Peirce's
first book, become a classic. Once again, she shows a special
talent for raising relevant issues that have remained unexplored
and shedding light on older issues with illuminating
interpretations. . . . The heterogeneity of law and the variability
of justice emerge clearly, as do the flexibility and fluidity of
legal practices, justice as a process not a structure, and law as a
product of debate among providers and users."--Lucette Valensi,
author of "La Fuite en Egypte: Histoires d'Orient et d'Occident,
2002
"Leslie Peirce guides the reader through the Anatolian town of
Aintab, twenty-five years after its incorporation into the Ottoman
Empire. Using the local court records for the year 1540-1541 and
the fascinatingaccounts of women talkingaesometimes even shouting
and cursingaetheir way into court, she reveals the intricacies of
the legal system at the crossroads of imperial law and local
custom. . . . Morality Tales is a must for Ottomanists, to whom it
will offer a truly innovative methodology and a brilliant portrayal
and analysis of this complex and fascinating period. More
important, however, this book will reveal to a wider audience that
Ottoman history has a lot to contribute to the understanding of
early modern society and politics."--Edhem Eldem, Bogazici
University, Istanbul
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