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The Beginning Capital of the Ottoman Empire
The Religious, Architectural, and Social History of Bursa

I.B. TAURIS 2020

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Book Summary / Abstract

From 1326 to 1402, Bursa, known to the Byzantines equally Prousa, served as the first upper-case letter of the Ottoman Empire. It retained its spiritual and commercial importance even after Edirne (Adrianople) in Thrace, and later Constantinople (Istanbul), functioned as Ottoman capitals. Yet, to engagement, no comprehensive study has been published on the city's function as the inaugural center of a great empire. In works by art and architectural historians, the city has often been portrayed as having a small or insignificant pre-Ottoman past, as if the Ottomans created the city from scratch. This couldn't be farther from the truth. In this book, rooted in the author's archaeological experience, Suna Çagaptay tells the story of the transition from a Byzantine Christian city to an Islamic Ottoman ane, positing that Bursa was a multi-organized religion upper-case letter where nosotros can encounter the religious plurality and modernity of the Ottoman world. The encounter betwixt local and incoming forms, every bit this volume shows, created a synthesis filled with nuance, texture, and pregnant. Indeed, when i looks more closely and recognizes that the contributions of the past do not threaten the authenticity of the present, a richer and more accurate narrative of the urban center and its Ottoman adaptation emerges.

Front affair

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    • Dedication

    • p. five

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    • Preface

    • pp. viii–nine

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    • Acknowledgements

    • pp. x–xii

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    • Illustrations

    • pp. thirteen–xvi

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    • Note on Copyright for Previous Publications

    • p. xvi

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    • A Note on Spelling, Names, Maps, and Quotations

    • p. xvii

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    • Chronological Chart

    • p. xvii

Back matter

    • Notes

    • pp. 111–172

    • Bibliography

    • pp. 173–202

    • Index

    • pp. 203–214