The Beginnings of the Ottoman Empire
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:17th Feb '22
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The Ottoman Empire ruled the near East, dominated the Mediterranean, and terrorized Europe for centuries. However, its origins are obscure. The Beginnings of the Ottoman Empire illuminates the founding of the Empire, drawing on Turkish, Greek, Arabic, and Latin sources as well as coins, buildings, and topographic evidence. Clive Foss takes the reader through the rugged homeland of Osman, the founder of the Ottomans, placing his achievement in the context of his more powerful neighbours, most notably the once mighty Byzantine Empire, then in the terminal stages of its decline. Foss then charts the progress of Osman's son Orhan, until the fateful moment in 1354 when his forces crossed into Europe and began their spectacular conquests.
The strength of this book is not in its conclusions but in its approach, particularly its focus on geographical landscape as a physical and conceptual site of historical investigation and study. This approach could prove inspirational for how we deal with other historical periods...it is innovative and evocative in its approach and a good addition to the interdisciplinary scholarship on the Ottoman-Byzantine world. * Maria Americo, The Classical Outlook *
This book is the culmination of a long labour of love that began in 1983 for C.F. The aim of the book is to respond to C. Imber's assertion that the early history of the Ottoman dynasty was a 'black hole'. C.F., professor emeritus at Georgetown University and eminent specialist in medieval Anatolia, has endeavoured in these fascinating pages to take up the challenge of confronting the founding myths of the Ottoman Empire, in order to find behind the legendary accounts the traces of the historical reality of the reigns of Osman and Orhan. * Clément Onimus, Le Moyen Âge *
ISBN: 9780198865438
Dimensions: 223mm x 142mm x 20mm
Weight: 462g
282 pages