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A spectrum of unfreedom : captives and slaves in the Ottoman empire / Leslie Peirce.

By: Peirce, Leslie P [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Natalie Zemon Davis annual lectures seriesPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2021]Description: viii, 125 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789633863992; 9789633864005Subject(s): Slavery -- Turkey -- History | Captivity -- Turkey -- History | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918Additional physical formats: Online version:: Spectrum of unfreedomDDC classification: 306.3/6209561 LOC classification: HT1238 | .P45 2021
Contents:
An Overview of Ottoman Slavery -- Captives and Their Captors -- Voices of Captivity in Legend, History, and Law.
Summary: "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 geographic focus, Leslie Peirce searches for the voices of the unfree, drawing on archives, histories written at the time, and legal texts"-- Provided by publisher.
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Shelf 62 - Reading Room 		H2n PEIRC 32913 Not for loan BOOKS-000000027028

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An Overview of Ottoman Slavery -- Captives and Their Captors -- Voices of Captivity in Legend, History, and Law.

"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 geographic focus, Leslie Peirce searches for the voices of the unfree, drawing on archives, histories written at the time, and legal texts"-- Provided by publisher.