A Cultural History of the Ottomans : The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts (Hardcover)

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1 Re-using the work of past times and foreign lands Chapter 2 The Ottoman Sultan: victorious and pious Chapter 3 Society and its divisions Chapter 4 A world of three religions Chapter 5 Making war and peace: fighting, gift-giving and the delineation of borders Chapter 6 Eating and drinking, mostly from precious objects Chapter 7 Piles and piles of textiles and leathers Chapter 8 Earth, Water, Air and Fire: The gifts and perils of nature Conclusion Glossary Time-Line Bibliography