1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454931703321

Autore

Faroqhi Suraiya <1941->

Titolo

Approaching Ottoman history : an introduction to the sources / / Suraiya Faroqhi [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11822-0

0-511-00687-X

1-280-16213-9

0-511-11807-4

0-511-15024-5

0-511-31008-0

0-511-60571-4

0-511-04878-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

956.1/015

Soggetti

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ENTERING THE FIELD; 3 LOCATING OTTOMAN SOURCES; 4 RURAL LIFE AS REFLECTED IN ARCHIVAL SOURCES: SELECTED EXAMPLES; 5 EUROPEAN SOURCES ON OTTOMAN HISTORY: THE TRAVELERS; 6 ON THE RULES OF WRITING (AND READING) OTTOMAN HISTORICAL WORKS; 7 PERCEPTIONS OF EMPIRE: VIEWING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THROUGH GENERAL HISTORIES; 8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Suraiya Faroqhi's scholarly contribution to the field of Ottoman history has been prodigious. Her latest book represents a summation of that scholarship, an introduction to the state-of-the-art in Ottoman history. In a compelling exploration of the ways that primary and secondary sources can be used to interpret history, the author reaches out to students and researchers in the field and in related disciplines to familiarise them with these documents. By considering both archival and narrative sources, she explains why they were prepared,



encouraging her readers to adopt a critical approach to their findings, and disabusing them of the notion that everything recorded in official documents is necessarily true! While the book is essentially a guide to a complex discipline for those about to embark upon their research, the experienced Ottomanist will find much that is original and provocative in its sophisticated interpretation of the field.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461286603321

Titolo

Constructing a cult [[electronic resource] ] : the life and veneration of Guđmundr Arason (1161-1237) in the Icelandic written sources / / edited by Joanna A. Skórzewska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12073-9

9786613120731

90-04-19497-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Northern world, , 1569-1462 ; ; v. 51

Altri autori (Persone)

SkórzewskaJoanna A

Disciplina

282.092

B

Soggetti

Christian saints - Iceland

Bishops - Iceland

Christian saints - Cult - Iceland - History

Christian hagiography

Electronic books.

Iceland Church history Sources

Iceland Religious life and customs Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The source material -- The childhood of a saint -- Adolescence and first steps towards a clerical career -- In vita miracles : the means, the performance, and the criticism -- Gu℗ðmundr's relationship with powerful laymen -- The infallible supporters : women and saints -- "The father of the poor"? -- The death of the saint and his posthumous



fame -- Appendix 1: Offerings listed in miracle stories (GJtb, GB, and GD) -- Appendix 2: Miracle stories that mention provision of food -- Appendix 3: Translatio of Gu℗ðmundr's bones performed by Bishop Au℗ðunn ℗♭&#x17e;orbergsson as recorded in the Icelandic annals -- Appendix 4: The cultus of the vernacular saints as recorded in the Icelandic annals -- Appendix 5: Obituaries of "holy men" in the Icelandic annals -- Appendix 6: Days honouring the Icelandic holy bishops as recorded in charters -- Appendix 7: The geographical distribution of images and sagas of the Icelandic holy bishops -- Appendix 8: Episcopal sees and religious houses in Iceland.

Sommario/riassunto

The figure of Guðmundr Arason (1161-1237) and especially his role in the history of medieval Iceland has provoked many strong opinions for decades. This book uses a variety of extant written sources to reexamine those views. It discusses a discrepancy between the popularity of the saint as suggested by the sagas and that reflected by other sources. One of the study’s main claims suggests that the clergy from Northern Iceland had a vital impact upon the construction of the cult. A variety of means applied to achieve it demonstrate the authorial knowledge of the vernacular and international traditions, as well as of living conditions in Iceland at the time when the sources were put down in writing.