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Pages: 368
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The "fascinating . . . lively" story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empire (New York Times)
A Spectrum of Unfreedom
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Pages: 134
Authors: Leslie Peirce
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-30 - Publisher: Central European University Press

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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
Morality Tales
Language: en
Pages: 491
Authors: Leslie Peirce
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-16 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Leslie Peirce uses the experience of a village in 16th century Anatolia as a lens to reinterpret major themes in the history of the Ottoman Empire: the conflict
The Women Who Built the Ottoman World
Language: en
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At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern empires. One hitherto overlooked aspect
The Imperial Harem
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Pages: 404
Authors: Leslie P. Peirce
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The unprecedented political power of the Ottoman imperial harem in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is widely viewed as illegitimate and corrupting. This