Living in the Ottoman Realm: Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries [Paperback]

Living in the Ottoman Realmbrings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading.

Christine Isom-Verhaaren is Assistant Professor of History at Brigham Young University. She is author ofAllies with the Infidel: The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century.

Kent F. Schull is Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Middle East History at Binghamton University, SUNY and author ofPrisons in the Late Ottoman Empire: Microcosms of Modernity.

This unique volume . . . stands out from the many other assembled volumes on the Ottoman Empire due to the focused and coherent picture of the empire it presents. . . . Highly recommended.

Introduction: Dealing with Identity in the Ottoman Empire /Christine Isom-Verhaaren and Kent F. Schull

Part I. 13th-15th Centuries. Emergence and Expansion: From Frontier Beylik to Cosmopolitan Empire
1. The Giving Divide: Food Gifts and Social Identity in Late Medieval Anatolia /Nicolas Tr?panier
2. Changing Perceptions along the Frontiers: The Moving Frontier withRumin the Late Medieval Anatolian Frontier Narratives /Zeynep Aydoan
3. The Genoese of Pera in the Fifteenth Century: The Case of the Draperio and Spinola Families /F. Ozden Mercan
4. From Byzantine Aristocracy to Ottoman Ruling Elite: Mahmud Pasha Angelovi and his Christian Circle, 1458-1474 /ThlS!