Dimensions of Transformation in the Ottoman Empire from the Late Medieval Age to Modernity
Subtitle: In Memory of Metin Kunt
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9789004409828
Subjects: Balkan peninsula, history
Description: "Eighteen expert researchers have come together to provide original articles and new perspectives on transformation throughout Ottoman history in order to honor the life's work of Metin Kunt. Kunt's work revolutionized our understanding of change in Ottoman political, social and cultural history in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This new collection focuses on the contributions of key players in these fields and includes chapters on Ottoman artisans in a changing political context, Ottoman chief scribes and the rhetorics of political survival in the 17th century, and empiricism in the Ottoman Empire"--