The Nature of the Early Ottoman State
| Author/creator | Lowry, Heath W., 1942- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press |
| Description | ix, 197 p. 23.000 x 016.000 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Series | SUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East |
| Summary | Annotation Drawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to the study of the formative years of the Ottoman Empire. Challenging the predominant view that a desire to spread Islam accounted for Ottoman success during the fourteenth-century advance into Southeastern Europe, Lowry argues that the primary motivation was a desire for booty and slaves. The early Ottomans were a plundering confederacy, open to anyone (Muslim or Christian) who could meaningfully contribute to this goal. It was this lack of a strict religious orthodoxy, and a willingness to preserve local customs and practices, that allowed the Ottomans to gain and maintain support. Later accounts were written to buttress what had become the self-image of the dynasty following its incorporation of the heartland of the Islamic world in the sixteenth century. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002042648 |
| ISBN | 9780791456354 |
| ISBN | 0791456358 (Trade Cloth) Out of Print |
| Standard identifier# | 9780791456354 |
| Stock number | 00025125 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |