A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts
Far from simply being a centre of military and economic activity, the Ottoman Empire represented a vivid and flourishing cultural realm. The artefacts and objects that remain from all corners of this vast empire illustrate the real and everyday concerns of its subjects and elites and, with this in mind, Suraiya Faroqhi, one of the most distinguished Ottomanists of her generation, has selected 40 of the most revealing, surprising and striking.Each image - reproduced in full colour - is deftly linked to the latest historiography, and the social, political and economic implications of her selections are never forgotten. In Faroqhi's hands, the objects become ways to learn more about trade, gender and socio-political status and open an enticing window onto the variety and colour of everyday life, from the Sultan's court, to the peasantry and slavery. Amongst its faiences and etchings and its sofras and carpets, A Cultural History of the Ottomans is essential reading for all those interested in the Ottoman Empire and its material culture. Faroqhi here provides the definitive insight into the luxuriant and varied artefacts of Ottoman world.
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A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts
Far from simply being a centre of military and economic activity, the Ottoman Empire represented a vivid and flourishing cultural realm. The artefacts and objects that remain from all corners of this vast empire illustrate the real and everyday concerns of its subjects and elites and, with this in mind, Suraiya Faroqhi, one of the most distinguished Ottomanists of her generation, has selected 40 of the most revealing, surprising and striking.Each image - reproduced in full colour - is deftly linked to the latest historiography, and the social, political and economic implications of her selections are never forgotten. In Faroqhi's hands, the objects become ways to learn more about trade, gender and socio-political status and open an enticing window onto the variety and colour of everyday life, from the Sultan's court, to the peasantry and slavery. Amongst its faiences and etchings and its sofras and carpets, A Cultural History of the Ottomans is essential reading for all those interested in the Ottoman Empire and its material culture. Faroqhi here provides the definitive insight into the luxuriant and varied artefacts of Ottoman world.
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A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts

A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts

by Suraiya Faroqhi
A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts

A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts

by Suraiya Faroqhi

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Far from simply being a centre of military and economic activity, the Ottoman Empire represented a vivid and flourishing cultural realm. The artefacts and objects that remain from all corners of this vast empire illustrate the real and everyday concerns of its subjects and elites and, with this in mind, Suraiya Faroqhi, one of the most distinguished Ottomanists of her generation, has selected 40 of the most revealing, surprising and striking.Each image - reproduced in full colour - is deftly linked to the latest historiography, and the social, political and economic implications of her selections are never forgotten. In Faroqhi's hands, the objects become ways to learn more about trade, gender and socio-political status and open an enticing window onto the variety and colour of everyday life, from the Sultan's court, to the peasantry and slavery. Amongst its faiences and etchings and its sofras and carpets, A Cultural History of the Ottomans is essential reading for all those interested in the Ottoman Empire and its material culture. Faroqhi here provides the definitive insight into the luxuriant and varied artefacts of Ottoman world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784530969
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/30/2016
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.22(w) x 9.61(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor of History at Bilgi University, Istanbul. She was previously Professor of Ottoman Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich. Among her many publications are The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It, Pilgrims and Sultans and Subjects of the Sultan (all published by I.B.Tauris).

Table of Contents

Map vi

List of Plates viii

Acknowledgements xiii

A Note on Transliteration xvii

Introduction 1

1 Reusing the work of past times and foreign lands 34

2 The Ottoman sultan: victorious and pious 60

3 Society and its divisions 81

4 A world of three religions: Ottoman conquests and the non-Muslim population 99

5 Making war and peace: fighting, gift-giving and the delineation of borders 118

6 Eating and drinking, mostly from precious objects 146

7 Piles and piles of textiles and leathers 166

8 Earth, water, air and fire: the gifts and perils of nature 191

Conclusion 215

Glossary 225

Timeline 230

Notes 235

Bibliography 263

Index 303

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