Knots and Links Book

Paperback. Pub Date: November 2004 Pages: 346 in Publisher at: Camigde University Press Using a wealth of contemporary Ottoman sources this book recreates the social history of the Istanbul a huge metropolis cosmopolitan - and the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire. Seat of the Sultan and an opulent international emporium. Istanbul was also a city of violence shaken regularly by natural disasters and by the turmoil of sultanic politics and violent revolt. Its inhabitants. entertained by imperial festivities and cared for by the great pious foundations which touched every aspect of their lives. also amused themselves in the numerous pleasure gardens and the many public baths of the city. While the book is focused on Istanbul. it presents a oad picture of Ottoman society. how it was structured and how it developed and transformed across four centuries . As such. the book o...Read More