The Ottomans : Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
Baer, Marc David, 1970-2021
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The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans' multi-ethnic, multilingual, and multi-religious domain reached deep into Europe's heart. In their breadth and versatility, the Ottoman rulers saw themselves as the new Romans. Recounting the Ottomans' remarkable rise from a frontier principality to a world empire, Marc David Baer traces their debts to their Turkish, Mongolian, Islamic and Byzantine heritage; how they used both religious toleration and conversion to integrate conquered peoples; and how, in the nineteenth century, they embraced exclusivity, leading to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and the dynasty's demise after the First World War. Upending Western concepts of the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration, the Reformation, this account redefines the dynasty's enduring impact on Europe and the world.
Main title:
The Ottomans : Khans, Caesars and Caliphs / Marc David Baer.
Author:
Baer, Marc David, 1970-, author
Imprint:
London, UK : Basic Books, an imprint of John Murray Press, 2021.©2021.
Collation:
viii, 543 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
97814736957199781473695702
Dewey class:
956.015 BAE956.015
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
36566
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