Bibliograph

The Metamorphoses of Power, Violence, Warlords, Aḳıncıs and the Early Ottomans (1300-1450), Adrian Gheorghe

Type

Label

The Metamorphoses of Power, Violence, Warlords, Aḳıncıs and the Early Ottomans (1300-1450), Adrian Gheorghe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Metamorphoses of Power

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1356004523

Responsibility statement

Adrian Gheorghe

Series statement

Brill E-BooksThe Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, 76

Sub title

Violence, Warlords, Aḳıncıs and the Early Ottomans (1300-1450)

Summary

Controversial scholarly debates around the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire in the last century are not only rooted in the scarcity or heterogeneity of sources, but also in the mentalities and ideologies that canonised thought paradigms. This book uses an interdisciplinary approach at the interface between Ottoman, Byzantine, Mediterranean and Southeast European studies. Unusual sources such as Western Anatolian numismatics and predominantly European documents met innovative methods from the study of violence and power networks. Making a case study around the military aḳıncı institution, the author re-evaluates the emergence of the Ottoman polity in dealing with various warlords and across multiple identities and political affiliations.--, Provided by publisher

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