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Author Peirce, Leslie P., author.

Title A spectrum of unfreedom : captives and slaves in the Ottoman empire / Leslie Peirce
Published Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 125 pages)
Series Natalie Zemon Davis annual lectures series, 1996-1197
Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series.
Contents An Overview of Ottoman Slavery -- Captives and Their Captors -- Voices of Captivity in Legend, History, and Law
Summary "Without the labor of the captives and slaves, the Ottoman empire could not have attained and maintained its strength in early modern times. With Anatolia as the geographic focus, Leslie Peirce searches for the voices of the unfree, drawing on archives, histories written at the time, and legal texts"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 18, 2021)
Subject Slavery -- Turkey -- History
Captivity -- Turkey -- History
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
Captivity
Slavery
SUBJECT Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802
Subject Turkey
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021015143
ISBN 9789633864005
9633864003