The Women Who Built the Ottoman World : Female Patronage and the Architectural Legacy of Gülnuş Sultan /

"At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern empires. One hitherto overlooked aspect of the Empire's remarkable cultural legacy was the role of powerful women - often the head of the harem, or wives or mothers of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Özgüleş, Muzaffer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris : Published in association with the Barakat Trust, 2017.
Colección:Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 60.
Temas:
Gülnûş Sultan, > 1642-1715.
1648-1687
Women > Turkey > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Women.
Turkey > History > Mehmed IV, 1648-1687.
Empire ottoman > Histoire > 1648-1687 (Mehmet IV)
Turkey.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I Ottoman Sultana: Wife, Mother and Patron
  • Introduction The Forgotten Star of the Sultanate of Women
  • 1. The Most Itinerant Sultana of the Harem:
  • The Extraordinary Life of a Bishop's Daughter
  • 2. Building Activities of Ottoman Sultanas up to
  • Gu ̈ lnus ̧ Sultan
  • PART II The Building Activities of Gu ̈ lnus ̧ Sultan
  • 3. Conquest and Conversion: Gu ̈ lnus ̧ Sultan's Name
  • on the Frontiers
  • 4. Statement of Religiosity: Mecca and the Pilgrimage
  • Route
  • 5. Galata New Mosque: Islamization of the Catholic Land
  • 6. Water for All: Fountains in Edirne, Galata and Beyond
  • 7. Magnum Opus: U ̈ sku ̈ dar Yeni Valide Complex
  • PART III Architectural Legacy of Ottoman Royal Women
  • 8. Building Activities of Ottoman Sultanas after
  • Gu ̈ lnus?? Sultan
  • 9. A Comparison: Where do the Buildings of Gu ̈ lnus ̧
  • Sultan Stand within Ottoman Architecture?
  • 10. Epilogue: Determinants of Ottoman Royal Women's
  • Building Activities.

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