Suraiya Faroqhi

A Cultural History of the Ottomans (eBook, ePUB)

The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857729804
• Artikelnr.: 45482215

Autorenporträt

Suraiya Faroqhi is a professor of history at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her focus is on Ottoman social history of the early modern period, especially women, artisan production, the use of objects as historical sources, as well as urban life and cross-cultural linkages, her most recent publications are, A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts ( I. B. Tauris, 2016), and The Ottoman and Mughal Empires: Social History in the Early Modern World (I.B. Tauris, 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration Introduction
Chapter 1 Re-using the work of past times and foreign lands Chapter 2 The
Ottoman Sultan: victorious and pious Chapter 3 Society and its divisions
Chapter 4 A world of three religions Chapter 5 Making war and peace:
fighting, gift-giving and the delineation of borders Chapter 6 Eating and
drinking, mostly from precious objects Chapter 7 Piles and piles of
textiles and leathers Chapter 8 Earth, Water, Air and Fire: The gifts and
perils of nature Conclusion Glossary Time-Line Bibliography