The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe (New Approaches to European History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780521452809
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918; Turkey - History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Middle East; Ottoman Empire; Relations; Middle East - Turkey; History / Middle East; Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918; Middle East - General; History; Turkey
First sentence: Even the infidel comes to the fold of the faithful, but not the heretic dervish; the infidel has receptivity but not him.
Description: "Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory were 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. Daniel 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 to European History - will be essential reading for undergraduates."--BOOK JACKET.