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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Rhoades Murphey explores the growing complexity of the Ottoman Empire as it absorbed cultural influences and imperial legacies from a wide diversity of sources, thus changing the notions of kingship.
Rhoads Murphey is Reader in Ottoman Studies in the Department of History at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of numerous books on Ottoman Empire and Warfare.
Mention -Book News, February 2009
‘This book is a lively political anthropology of Ottoman
sovereignty, an account of the rituals, ceremonies, and projection
of the sultans' power over the period 1480-1820.'
*The Historian*
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