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5 produkter
Empress of the East
How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
Inbunden, 2017
311 kr
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From one of our foremost experts in Ottoman history, a biography of the 16th century Russian slave who rose from a concubine to become the only queen in the history of the Ottoman Empire
Empress of the East
How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
Häftad, 2020
170 kr
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Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia - modern-day Ukraine - around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world's most powerful men.Suleyman became besotted …
Spectrum of Unfreedom
Captives and Slaves in the Ottoman Empire
Häftad, 2021
235 kr
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Without the labor of the captives and slaves, the Ottoman empire could not have attained and maintained its strength in early modern times. With Anatolia as the geographic focus, Leslie Peirce searches for the voices of the unfree, drawing on archives, histories written at the time, and legal …
Morality Tales
Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab
Häftad, 2003
387 kr
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In this skillful analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a sixteenth-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family, and community problems. Examining one year's proceedings of the court of Aintab, an …
Morality Tales
Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab
E-bok, 2003
628 kr
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In this skillful analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a sixteenth-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family, and community problems. Examining one year''s proceedings of the court of Aintab, an …
