The nature of the early Ottoman state / / Heath W. Lowry

• Autore: Lowry Heath W. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages)
• Disciplina: 956/.015
• Soggetto geografico: Turkey History; Turkey Civilization; Turkey Social conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to the study of the formative years of the Ottoman Empire. Challenging the predominant view that a desire to spread Islam accounted for Ottoman success during the fourteenth-century advance into Southeastern Europe, Lowry argues that the primary motivation was a desire for booty and slaves. The early Ottomans were a plundering confederacy, open to anyone (Muslim or Christian) who could meaningfully contribute to this goal. It was this lack of a strict religious orthodoxy, and a willingness to preserve local customs and practices, that allowed the Ottomans to gain and maintain support. Later accounts were written to buttress what had become the self-image of the dynasty following its incorporation of the heartland of the Islamic world in the sixteenth century.
• Titolo autorizzato: The nature of the early Ottoman state
• ISBN: 0-7914-8726-1; 1-4175-2407-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777437603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II