Title The nature of the early Ottoman state / Heath W. Lowry

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) Series SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East. Contents The Nature of the Early Ottoman State -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Debate to Date -- 2. Wittek Revisited: His Utilization of Ahmedi's Iskendername -- 3. Wittek Revisited: His Utilization of the 1337 Bursa Inscription -- 4. What Could the Terms Gaza and Gazi Have Meant to the Early Ottomans? -- 5. Toward a New Explanation -- 6. Christian Peasant Life in the Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Empire -- 7. The Last Phase of Ottoman Syncretism-The Subsumption of Members of the Byzanto-Balkan Aristocracy into the Ottoman Ruling Elite 8. The Nature of the Early Ottoman State -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE DEBATE TO DATE -- 2. WITTEK REVISITED: HIS UTILIZATION OF AHMEDI'S ISKENDERNAME -- 3. WITTEK REVISITED: HIS UTILIZATION OF THE 1337 BURSA INSCRIPTION -- 4. WHAT COULD THE TERMS GAZA AND GAZI HAVE MEANT TO THE EARLY OTTOMANS? -- 5. TOWARD A NEW EXPLANATION -- 6. CHRISTIAN PEASANT LIFE IN THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE -- 7. THE LAST PHASE OF OTTOMAN SYNCRETISM- THE SUBSUMPTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BYZANTO-BALKAN ARISTOCRACY INTO THE OTTOMAN RULING ELITE 8. THE NATURE OF THE EARLY OTTOMAN STATE -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- SUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index Notes English Print version record Subject HISTORY -- General. Civilization Social conditions SUBJECT Turkey -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138786 Turkey -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138850 Turkey -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138799 Subject Turkey Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1417524073 9781417524075 0791456358 9780791456354 0791456366 9780791456361 9780791487266 0791487261

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