Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty : Tradition, Image and Practice in the Ottoman Imperial Household, 1400-1800 (Hardcover)

maps, dynastic, genealogical and chronological charts

Introduction ???? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

?Chapter One - Dynastic Origins: Medieval Inheritances and

Major Influences on Ottoman Concepts of Sovereignty????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Two -- Dynastic Identity: Ottoman Political Values and

the Quest for an Imperial Identity in the Proto-imperial Era,

1300-1450??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Three -- ?Dynastic Image: An Investigation of the

Ottoman's Use of ?Titulature in Coins and Chancellery

Documents??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Four -- The Dynasty as Family Enterprise: Sibling

Rivalry, Struggles for Succession to the Throne and incipient

creation of the 'political household' ????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????

Chapter Five: Consolidation of the Political Household in the

Immediate Post Accession Phase of Rule ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Six - Formation of the Wider Palace Household: A

people-centered glimpse at the institution of the sultanate and

an account of the composition, growth and development of the

imperial administrative corps, ca. 1470 to ca. 1670??????????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Seven -- Celebrating the Coming of Age of an

Ottoman Prince : Exclusivity versus Inclusiveness in Ottoman

Court Ceremonial ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Eight -- Ottoman Sovereignty in Motion: Developing the

Means Through Ceremony and Ritual and for Projecting the

Sultan's Power and Authority Beyond the Confines of the Palace

Precincts?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Chapter Nine -- The Art of Communication: Foundations of

Ottoman Bureaucratic Efficiency in the High Imperial Era??????????????????????????????????

Conclusion ????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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