Slavery and Conversion of the Slaves to Islam in the Ottoman Society
Slavery and Conversion of the Slaves to Islam in the Ottoman Society: According to the Canonical Registers of Bursa between XVth and XVIIIth Centuries…
The Turk as a Tool of God: Augustinism and the Battle of Nicopolis
Morand-Métivier examines the Battle of Nicopolis (1396) where the Ottomans under Sultan Bayazid defeated a Crusader army of mostly French and Burgundian troops.
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566)
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566) Scollay, Susan Journal…
Armenia from the Fall of the Cilician Kingdom (1375) to the Forced Emigration under Shah Abbas (1604)
Armenia from the Fall of the Cilician Kingdom (1375) to the Forced Emigration under Shah Abbas (1604) By Dickran Kouymjian The Armenian People…
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat By Thomas A. Emmert Kosovo: Legacy of a Medieval Battle, eds. Wayne S.…
The Divinely-Protected, Well-Flourishing Domain: The Establishment of the Ottoman System in the Balkan Peninsula
It was under the reign of Mehmed II (1444-81) that the Ottomans realized their longtime goal of conquering the city of Constantinople (1453), which became the new Ottoman capital of Istanbul.
An account by John Cananus of the siege of Constantinople in 1422
An account by John Cananus of the siege of Constantinople in 1422 By Margaret Helen Purdie PhD Dissertation, University of Western Australia, 2009…
From Byzantine Constantinople to Ottoman Konstantiniyye: Creation of a Cosmopolitan Capital and Visual Culture under Sultan Mehmed II
From Byzantine Constantinople to Ottoman Konstantiniyye: Creation of a Cosmopolitan Capital and Visual Culture under Sultan Mehmed II By Gulru Necipoglu From Byzantion…
Mehmed the Conqueror and the Equestrian Statue of the Augustaion
Mehmed the Conqueror and the Equestrian Statue of the Augustaion By J. Raby Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 12:2 (1987) Introduction: One of the…
The historiography of protest in late Mamluk and early Ottoman Egypt and Syria
The historiography of protest in late Mamluk and early Ottoman Egypt and Syria By Amina Elbendary IIAS Newsletter, Vol.43 No.9 (2007) Introduction: History…
Byzantine and Turkish glazed ceramics in southern Apulia, Italy
Byzantine and Turkish glazed ceramics in southern Apulia, Italy By Paul Arthur BYZAS, Vol.7 (2007) Abstract: The author presents an outline of the…
The Campaigns of 1494-1495 in the Italian South: Ottoman Threat, Spanish Preparations, and Jewish Gold
The Campaigns of 1494-1495 in the Italian South: Ottoman Threat, Spanish Preparations, and Jewish Gold By Nadia Zeldes Mediterraneo in armi (secc. XV-XVIII)…
Piri Reis’ Book on Navigation (Kitab-i Bahriyye) as a Geography Handbook
Piri Reis’ Book on Navigation (Kitab-i Bahriyye) as a Geography Handbook By Dimitris Loupis Tetradia Ergasias Vol.25/26 (2004) Abstract: The Ottoman Admiral Piri…
Marino Sanudo Torsello, Byzantium and the Turks: The Background to the Anti-Turkish League of 1332-1334
Marino Sanudo Torsello, Byzantium and the Turks: The Background to the Anti-Turkish League of 1332-1334 By Angeliki Laiou Speculum, Vol. 45, No. 3,…
The Genoese citizenship of Carlo I Tocco of December 2, 1389
The Genoese citizenship, granted to Carlo I Tocco and his regent mother Magdalene by the authorities of the Republic of Genova (December 2, 1389) is a document the existence of which is widely accepted in the scholarly circles despite the fact that the details of its content have still remained largely unknown.
Mehmed II, ‘The Conqueror’, in Byzantine short chronicles and old Serbian annals, inscriptions, and genealogies
This article analyzes how Byzantine Short Chronicles and Old Serbian Annals , Inscriptions, and Genealogies depicted sultan Mehmed II, ‘The Conqueror’.
When the Serenissima and the Gran Turco Made Love: The Peace Treaty of 1478
When the Serenissima and the Gran Turco Made Love: The Peace Treaty of 1478 By Diana Gilliland Wright and Pierre A. MacKay Studi Veneziani,…
The First Venetian Love Letter? The Testament of Zorzi Cernovich
This paper explores the more personal side of the Cernovich drama, but it was a drama played our against their personal background of constant political haggling, private messages, deals and betrayals, within a larger context of more important rulers and a major war.
The Ottoman influences on Croatia in the second half of the fifteenth century
The article discusses political, social, economic and demographic consequences of the Ottoman attacks on the Croatian territories during the second half of the 15th century.
Kritobulos of Imbros: Learned Historian, Ottoman Raya and Byzantine Patriot
Kritobulos of Imbros: Learned Historian, Ottoman Raya and Byzantine Patriot By Diether R. Reinsch Recueil des travaux de l’Institut d’etudes byzantines, Vol.40 (2003)…
The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic
The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic By Anna Di Lellio; with translations by Robert Elsie IB Tauris, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84885-094-1 The…
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State By Haris A. Kalligas Routledge, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-415-24880-8 This lavishly illustrated book stands out in its field as…
Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries By Metin Coşgel Paper given at Towards a Global…
Urban Real Wages in Constantinople-Istanbul, 1100-2000
Urban Real Wages in Constantinople-Istanbul, 1100-2000 By Sevket Pamuk Paper given at Towards a Global History of Prices and Wages (2004) Introduction: One…
The First Siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans (1394-1402) and its Repercussions on the Civilian Population of the City
A detailed study of the events between 1394 and 1402 shows that the Ottomans used in their assault upon Constantinople their proven method of blockading the enemy city for a long period of time, thus causing its surrender.