The Cambridge History of Turkey

This volume examines the rise of Turkish power in Anatolia from the arrival of the first Turks at the end of the eleventh century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Taking the period as a whole, the volume covers the political, economic, social, intellectual and cultural history of the region as the Byzantine empire crumbled and Anatolia passed into Turkish control to become the heartland of the Ottoman empire. In this way, the authors emphasise the continuities of the era rather than its dislocations, situating Anatolia within its geographic context at the crossroads of Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. The world which emerges is one of military encounter, but also of cultural cohabitation, intellectual and diplomatic exchange, and political finesse. This is a state-of-the-art work of reference on an understudied period in Turkish history by some of the leading scholars in the field.

Author: Kate Fleet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/12/2009
Pages: 522
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780521620932

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2010

About the Author
Fleet, Kate: - Kate Fleet is Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge and Newton Trust Lecturer in Ottoman History at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University. Her previous publications include European and Islamic Trade in the Early Ottoman State (1999) and, as editor, The Ottomans and Trade (2006).