Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 304 g
Power, Identity and the Ottoman Sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle
Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 304 g
Reihe: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
ISBN: 978-0-367-88210-5
Verlag: Routledge
Through a study of a variety of Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the Ottoman-Habsburg sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle (1600-01) including official documents, correspondence, histories, and more literary genres such as gazavatnames [campaign narratives], Plural Pasts explores Ottoman literacy practices. By considering the diverse roles that the various accounts served – construction of identities, forging of diplomatic alliances and legitimization of political ideologies and geo-political imaginations – it explores the cultural and socio-political significance the various accounts had for different audiences. In addition, it interweaves theoretical reflection with textual analysis. Using the sieges of Nagykanizsa as a case study, it offers a sophisticated contribution to ongoing historiographical arguments: namely, how historians construct hierarchies of primary sources and judge some to be more truthful, or more valuable, than others; how texts are assigned to particular genres based on perceived epistemological status – as story or history, fact or fiction; and the circular role that historians and their histories play in constructing, reflecting and reinforcing cultural and political imaginaries.
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Introduction
1. The Authority of Eyewitness Accounts Reconsidered
2. Fethnames: Not Just Literary Bombast
3. The Gazavatnames: Erasing Oral Residue and Correcting Scribal Error
4. The Gazavatnames: Re-Writing the Exemplar - Individual Scripta
5. Writers Reading: Reading the Gazavat-i Tiryaki Hasan Pasa with Katib Çelebi and Naima
6. Nationalism and the Re-Invention of Early Modern Identities
Conclusion: Making the Sieges of Nagykanizsa Morally Defensible
