The Ottomans: Dissolving Images - Couverture souple

Wheatcroft, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140168796 ISBN 13 : 9780140168792

Editeur : Penguin, 1995

Synopsis

The Ottoman Empire was a "mystery wrapped inside the enigma". This book aims to unravel the mystery in two ways. Firstly, it looks at the Ottomans and their world in terms relevant to an eastern Islamic society, with its own principles and practices that seemed merely barbaric to the West. The book also comes to terms with the West's expectations of the Ottomans. The author's aim is both to tell the story and offer some explanation. The book interprets the Ottomans, to make sense of a society that to Western eyes seemed feckless and utterly corrupt, cruel and craven by turns. It was frequently all of these things but not without reason or cause.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140168796
• ISBN 13: 9780140168792
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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