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HIST 572 Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3 Credits
This is one of a series of term-courses reviewing
sources relevant for the study of Ottoman and Turkish
history in different periods, as well as methods that have
been developed and employed by historians
on the basis of different types of sources. Specifically for
the 17th and 18th centuries, HIST 572 starts out
with a review of the decline paradigm, which among
other things portrays the Ottoman Empire as a
stagnant, peripheral and passive spectator in Early
Modernity, and which has been persuasively challenged since
the 1970s. Building upon research based on the
central Ottoman archives over the last three decades, and
using the state as the key unit of analysis, the first
part of this course takes an in-depth look at people and
ideas in the Ottoman territories over 1600-1800, via (1) the
changing political economy, (2) the transformation
of agrarian relations, (3) the problems of provisioning
Istanbul, (4) struggles between the reforming
and conservative wings of the ruling elite, and (5) the
"women's sultanate", so-called, and the changing
legitimation patterns of the House of Osman.
A second part deals with (6) economic, social and cultural
life in the provinces, and (7) the growth of
international trading cities such as Thessaloniki, Izmir
or Aleppo. In concluding, historiographical attention
is devoted to the clichés or tropes of (8) the "Tulip
Age", (9) "Oriental despotism", and (10) "incorporation
into the world- system".
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SU Credit
Fall 2023-2024
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2021-2022
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2019-2020
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Fall 2018-2019
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Fall 2016-2017
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2014-2015
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2013-2014
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2012-2013
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Fall 2011-2012
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2009-2010
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2008-2009
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2006-2007
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2005-2006
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2003-2004
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2001-2002
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 2000-2001
Sources & Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
3
Spring 1999-2000
Sources & Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History
4
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
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| This is one of a series of term-courses reviewing sources relevant for the study of Ottoman and Turkish history in different periods, as well as methods that have been developed and employed by historians on the basis of different types of sources. Specifically for the 17th and 18th centuries, HIST 572 starts out with a review of the decline paradigm, which among other things portrays the Ottoman Empire as a stagnant, peripheral and passive spectator in Early Modernity, and which has been persuasively challenged since the 1970s. Building upon research based on the central Ottoman archives over the last three decades, and using the state as the key unit of analysis, the first part of this course takes an in-depth look at people and ideas in the Ottoman territories over 1600-1800, via (1) the changing political economy, (2) the transformation of agrarian relations, (3) the problems of provisioning Istanbul, (4) struggles between the reforming and conservative wings of the ruling elite, and (5) the "women's sultanate", so-called, and the changing legitimation patterns of the House of Osman. A second part deals with (6) economic, social and cultural life in the provinces, and (7) the growth of international trading cities such as Thessaloniki, Izmir or Aleppo. In concluding, historiographical attention is devoted to the clichés or tropes of (8) the "Tulip Age", (9) "Oriental despotism", and (10) "incorporation into the world- system". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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