The Ottoman world : a cultural history reader, 1450-1700 /

"The Ottoman lands, which comprised a geography extending from modern Hungary to the Arabian peninsula, were home to a vast population with a rich variety of cultures. The Ottoman World is the first primary source reader designed to reflect a wide and diverse set of voices across Ottoman societ...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Karateke, Hakan T. (Editor ), Anetshofer, Helga (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Temas:
1288-1918
HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 > Sources.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 > Early works to 1800.
Empire ottoman > Histoire > Sources.
Empire ottoman > Histoire > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Turkey
Early works
History
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1 Letters of an Insecure Scholar, 1553
  • 2 Adversities at Sea: From Basra to Gujarat, 1554
  • 3 Memoirs of an Ottoman Captive in Malta, 1597-98
  • 4 The Excommunication of a Greek Orthodox Priest, ca. 1642
  • 5 Dream Letters of a Sufi Woman in Skopje, 1640s
  • 6 Diary of a Sufi Sheikh in Plague-Ridden Istanbul, 1661
  • 7 Ramblings of an Eccentric Sufi Exiled on Limnos, ca. Early 1680s
  • 8 Adventures of an Ottoman Officer in Captivity, 1690-99
  • 9 The Trial of a Heretic, 1527
  • 10 The Life and Works of Two Mediocre Poets
  • 11 The Extraordinary Life Story of a Scholar
  • 12 On Servants and Slaves
  • 13 Children and Youth
  • 14 Women at Courts of Law
  • 15 Prostitutes and Pimps
  • 16 On Nocturnal Activities
  • 17 Impostors, Frauds, and Spies
  • 18 The Madmen of Istanbul
  • 19 Fetvas on Non-Muslims
  • 20 Conversion Among Ottoman Jews
  • 21 Marriage and Divorce Among Ottoman Jews
  • 22 News from Istanbul at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century
  • 23 Propagating the Faith in Constantinople
  • 24 An Armenian Chronicle of Crimea
  • 25 On Revenants and Ghosts
  • 26 Miracles of an Anatolian Sufi Saint
  • 27 A Dispute Concerning Sufi Tombs, 1619
  • 28 Preserving Public Health
  • 29 Traditional Medicine for Everyday Ailments
  • 30 Snake Medicine and Snake Charming in Cairo
  • 31 On Smoking Tobacco
  • 32 Divining Past, Present, and Future in the Sand
  • 33 Reading Character by Appearance
  • 34 Religious Guidance for Hunters
  • 35 Cultivating the Land
  • 36 Wonders of Art and Nature
  • 37 On the Natural Advantages of Edirne
  • 38 The Legend of the Construction of Constantinople
  • 39 On the Construction of the Pyramids, ca. 1545
  • 40 An Ode to Istanbul
  • 41 Passion and Murder on the Bosphorus
  • 42 Stories of Guilt and Repentance
  • 43 The Wiles of Women
  • 44 Social Criticism and Invective in Poetry
  • 45 Shrewd Witticisms by a Master Poet
  • 46 Subversive Jokes Featuring a Folk Hero
  • INDEX

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