Plural Pasts - Power, Identity and the Ottoman Sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle

Informationen zum Autor Claire Norton is Reader in History at St Mary’s University. Zusammenfassung Through a study of a variety of Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the Ottoman-Habsburg sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle (1600-01) including official documents, correspondence, histories, and more literary genres such as gazavatnames [campaign narratives], Plural Pasts explores Ottoman literacy practices. By considering the diverse roles that the various accounts served – construction of identities, forging of diplomatic alliances and legitimization of political ideologies and geo-political imaginations –it explores the cultural and socio-political significance the various accounts had for different audiences. In addition, it interweaves theoretical reflection with textual analysis. Using the sieges of Nagykanizsa as a case study, it offers a sophisticated contribution to ongoing historiographical arguments: namely, how historians construct hierarchies of primary sources and judge some to be more truthful, or more valuable, than others; how texts are assigned to particular genres based on perceived epistemological status – as story or history, fact or fiction; and the circular role that historians and their histories play in constructing, reflecting and reinforcing cultural and political imaginaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The Authority of Eyewitness Accounts Reconsidered2. Fethnames: Not Just Literary Bombast3. The Gazavatnames: Erasing Oral Residue and Correcting Scribal Error4. The Gazavatnames: Re-Writing the Exemplar - Individual Scripta5. Writers Reading: Reading the Gazavat-i Tiryaki Hasan Paşa with Katib Çelebi and Naima6. Nationalism and the Re-Invention of Early Modern IdentitiesConclusion: Making the Sieges of Nagykanizsa Morally Defensible

Product details

• Authors: Claire Norton, Claire (St. Mary''s University College Norton, Norton Claire
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2017
• EAN: 9781472485342
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-8534-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, General & world history, Hungary, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern