A groundbreaking reinterpretation of the middle years of the
Ottoman Empire, from the conquest of Byzantium in 1453 to the
establishment of the Tanzimat in 1839. This period saw the
evolution of the Empire from the height of its powers to - as the
traditional view has it - an empire in decline, unable to modernise
in the face of globalisation and European ascendancy. The
contributors challenge this view, demonstrating how the Ottomans
came to be modern on their own terms. They explore the Ottomans as
politicians and diplomats, military reformers, artists and
historians. They also map out and redefine the material worlds
which they inhabited - the courthouse, the cemetery, the Turkish
garden. This book, which represents a turning-point in the
intellectual history of the Ottoman Empire, promises to become a
key text for students, scholars and anyone interested in the
Ottoman world.
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