The Metamorphoses of Power
Violence, Warlords, Aḳıncıs and the Early Ottomans (1300–1450)
Author: Adrian Gheorghe
Controversial scholarly debates around the beginnings of the Ottoman
Empire in the last century are not only rooted in the scarcity or
heterogeneity of sources, but also in the mentalities and ideologies that
canonised thought paradigms. This book uses an interdisciplinary
approach at the interface between Ottoman, Byzantine, Mediterranean
and Southeast European studies. Unusual sources such as Western
Anatolian numismatics and predominantly European documents met
innovative methods from the study of violence and power networks.
Pages: approx. 350 pp.
Making a case study around the military aḳıncı institution, the author re-
evaluates the emergence of the Ottoman polity in dealing with various Language: English
warlords and across multiple identities and political a liations. Publisher: Brill
Series:
The Ottoman Empire and
its Heritage, Volume: 76
E-Book (PDF)
Publication: 12 Dec 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52667-9
EUR €132.00
Hardback
Publication: 15 Dec 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52666-2
EUR €132.00
Subjects
History
History of Warfare
Byzantine Studies
Middle East and
Islamic Studies
History & Culture
Ottoman & Turkish
Studies
Slavic and Eurasian
Studies
History
Biographical Note
Adrian Gheorghe, Ph.D. (2015), Munich University, is a military historian
of the early Ottomans and the late medieval Southeastern Europe. He is
also one of the main editors of Corpus Draculianum, which focus on the
Wallachian voivode Vlad the Impaler.
Readership
This interdisciplinary book is intended for a wider audience with
knowledge of Ottoman and Southeastern European history, i.e. students
and scholars of Ottoman, Byzantine and Eastern European studies.
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