Introduction: Ottoman political history in the Early Modern period; 1. One market, one money, one law: the making of an imperial market society and a law that applies to all; 2. The question of succession: bringing the dynasty under legal supervision; 3. The court strikes back: the making of Ottoman absolutism; 4. A new empire for a second Osman: Osman II in power (1618–22); 5. The absolutist dispensation overturned: a regicide; 6. The second empire goes public: the age of the Janissaries; Conclusion: early modernity and the Ottoman decline.
This book is a post-revisionist history of the late Ottoman Empire that makes a major contribution to Ottoman scholarship.
'This book is one of the most important to be published in Ottoman
history for at least a decade, and engagement with its arguments
will surely shape the field for many years to come. As with any
book that offers such a bold, rich, and thorough reinterpretation,
some readers will quibble over particular facets of its argument,
and others will mistakenly dismiss the new framework out of hand.
All of them, however, will have to contend with the force of its
intervention and the elegance of the empirical craftsmanship that
built it.' Alan Mikhail, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
'The Second Ottoman Empire contributes new content to early
seventeenth-century Ottoman history, offers a new synthesis of
recent analytical scholarship and tells Ottoman history from the
seventeenth century in its own terms and as part of early modern
global history. As such, it fills a significant void in the field
of Ottoman studies. Future Ottoman scholarship will refer again and
again to this important study.' Abdurrahman Atçıl, New Middle
Eastern Studies
'Tezcan … has drawn on an admirable depth and breadth of original
research to present a novel interpretation of Ottoman history in
the troubled seventeenth century … [T]he book has posed a serious
challenge to currents in early modern global history that celebrate
the economic power of China and other Asian empires while
deliberately downplaying any discussion of democratic institutions
or culture.' Sam White, Journal of Global History
'The work is based on the conviction that integrating economic,
military, and social issues, often studied in isolation, would form
a viable alternative political narrative of the Ottoman Empire.
And, as [Tezcan] skilfully demonstrates, it does … Tezcan's …
analytically solid argumentation utilizing a wide range of
unpublished and published archival, manuscript, and literary
sources open[s] up fresh research venues for Ottomanists and [is] a
welcome contribution to the field.' Side Emre, Sixteenth Century
Journal
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