A Anastasopoulos (ed)Biblio.com
PROVINCIAL ELITES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
2006103699<p>Institute for Mediterranean Studies: Halcyon Days in Crete III. A Symposium held in Rethymnon 10-12 January 2003. Soft cover 24 cm 400 pp.; net weight 850 gr.</p><p>Provincial elites were an important factor in the life of the Ottoman Empire in many respects: as local leadership as political figures mediating between the central state and its provinces as tax-farmers and entrepreneurs as role models for their peers. There is a wide variety of people who may be regarded as belonging to the Ottoman provincial elites because of both the extensive territory occupied by the Empire and its longevity. Eighteen contributions published in this volume discuss several aspects of Ottoman provincial elites both Muslim and non-Muslim. Among the topics covered are the composition and characteristics of the elite elite culture patronage and wealth and power bases relations of elite figures with the state authorities and other members of the elite and elite mobility over an extensive period of time ranging from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century.</p> CUP paperback
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