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Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in
all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity.
The contributors explore the development and transformation of
identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer
engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by
drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in
English translation for the first time. These materials are
examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper
understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a
course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions
for further reading.
While the Ottoman Empire is most often recognized today as a land
power, for four centuries the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean
were dominated by the Ottoman Navy. Yet to date, little is known
about the seafarers who made up the sultans' fleet, the men whose
naval mastery ensured that an empire from North Africa to Black Sea
expanded and was protected, allowing global trading networks to
flourish in the face of piracy and the Sublime Porte's wars with
the Italian city states and continental European powers. In this
book, Christine Isom-Verhaaren provides a history of the major
events and engagements of the navy, from its origins as the fleets
of Anatolian Turkish beyliks to major turning points such as the
Battle of Lepanto. But the book also puts together a picture of the
structure of the Ottoman navy as an institution, revealing the
personal stories of the North African corsairs and Greek sailors
recruited as admirals. Rich in detail drawn from a variety of
sources, the book provides a comprehensive account of the Ottoman
Navy, the forgotten contingent in the empire's period of supremacy
from the 14th century to the 18th century.
While the Ottoman Empire is most often recognized today as a land
power, for four centuries the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean
were dominated by the Ottoman Navy. Yet to date, little is known
about the seafarers who made up the sultans' fleet, the men whose
naval mastery ensured that an empire from North Africa to Black Sea
expanded and was protected, allowing global trading networks to
flourish in the face of piracy and the Sublime Porte's wars with
the Italian city states and continental European powers. In this
book, Christine Isom-Verhaaren provides a history of the major
events and engagements of the navy, from its origins as the fleets
of Anatolian Turkish beyliks to major turning points such as the
Battle of Lepanto. But the book also puts together a picture of the
structure of the Ottoman navy as an institution, revealing the
personal stories of the North African corsairs and Greek sailors
recruited as admirals. Rich in detail drawn from a variety of
sources, the book provides a comprehensive account of the Ottoman
Navy, the forgotten contingent in the empire's period of supremacy
from the 14th century to the 18th century.
In 1543, the Ottoman fleet appeared off the coast of France to
bombard and lay siege to the city of Nice. The operation, under the
command of Admiral Barbarossa, came in response to a request from
Francois I of France for assistance from Sultan Suleyman the
Magnificent in France's struggle against Charles V, the Habsburg
Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. This military alliance
between mutual 'infidels', the Christian French King and the Muslim
Sultan, aroused intense condemnation on religious grounds from the
Habsburgs and their supporters as an aberration from accepted
diplomacy. Memories of the Crusades were, after all, still very
much alive in Europe and an alliance with 'the Turk' seemed
unthinkable to many. "Allies with the Infidel" places the events of
1543 and the subsequent wintering of the Ottoman fleet in Toulon in
the context of the power politics of the sixteenth century. Relying
on contemporary Ottoman and French sources, it presents the
realpolitik of diplomacy with 'infidels' in the early modern era.
The result is essential reading for students and scholars of
European history, Ottoman Studies, and of relations between the
Christian and Islamic worlds.
Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in
all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity.
The contributors explore the development and transformation of
identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer
engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by
drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in
English translation for the first time. These materials are
examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper
understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a
course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions
for further reading.
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