The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 24) - Softcover

Goffman, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521459087 ISBN 13: 9780521459082

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion. A perception of its militarism, its barbarism, its tyranny, the sexual appetites of its rulers and its pervasive exoticism has led historians to measure the Ottoman world against a western standard and find it lacking. In recent decades, a dynamic and convincing scholarship has emerged that seeks to comprehend and, in the process, to de-exoticize this enduring realm. Dan Goffman provides a thorough introduction to the history and institutions of the Ottoman Empire from this new standpoint, and presents a claim for its inclusion in Europe. His lucid and engaging book--an important addition to New Approaches in European History--will be essential reading for undergraduates.

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Book Description:

Daniel Goffman's lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in the Early Modern period. Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion. This new study argues that, beginning in the fourteenth century, the Ottoman Empire slowly became part of Europe not only physically but institutionally and psychologically as well.

About the Author:

Daniel Goffman is Professor of History at Ball State University, Indiana. His publications include Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550-1650 (1990), Britons in the Ottoman Empire, 1642-1660 (1998) and The Ottoman City between East and West: Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo, with Edhem Eldem and Bruce Masters (1999). He is currently editor of the Middle East Studies Association Bulletin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521459087
• ISBN 13: 9780521459082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300