Christopher Markiewicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 2356052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Markiewicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Markiewicz |
| SIGNATURE | MARKIEWICZ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5043-2694 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Setting Off for the Archives
This chapter explores the intricate world of Ottoman archives by focusing on the perceptions, challenges, and methodologies encountered by historians when engaging with these vast repositories. It delves into the comprehensiveness of administrative records maintained by the Ottoman Empire, highlighting the immense volume of documents produced and preserved. It underscores the balance between preservation and access, as well as the evolution of ar…
Shariʿa and Governance in Ottoman Egypt
In the mid-16th century, the Ottoman government sought to expand its tax revenue from Egypt through a controversial initiative to levy taxes on endowments (waqf). The controversy produced a diverse range of responses from Ottoman scholar-bureaucrats, such as Ebussuud Efendi, who supported the initiative; Egyptian scholars, including Ibn Nujaym and al-Ghayti, who opposed it; and the Ottoman governor, who worked to resolve it. Despite the opposing …
The Battle for Central Europe
The Crisis of Kingship in Late Medieval Islam
In the early sixteenth century, the political landscape of West Asia was completely transformed: of the previous four major powers, only one - the Ottoman Empire - continued to exist. Ottoman survival was, in part, predicated on transition to a new mode of kingship, enabling its transformation from regional dynastic sultanate to empire of global stature. In this book, Christopher Markiewicz uses as a departure point the life and thought of Idris …
The Sultan’s Renegades
In recent decades, much progress has been made in incorporating the Ottoman Empire into a wider early modern Mediterranean cultural complex. In such integration, the figure of the imperial go-between or cultural broker has assumed pride of place for his or her ability to nuance from the margins the binary political, religious and cultural categories that traditionally cast the Ottoman Empire as Europe’s most proximate Other. In this vein, Tobias …
Europeanist Trends and Islamicate Trajectories in Early Modern Ottoman History
There is little question these days that the Ottoman Empire constitutes a significant aspect of the early modern landscape. It is now rare to come across any academic publication or conference presentation on the Ottoman Empire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries without also encountering ‘early modern’ prominently included in the title or text. More substantively, Ottomanists have made great strides in the last generation to connect t…
History as Science
In the fifteenth century, scholars writing in Arabic and Persian debated the nature of historical inquiry and its place among the sciences. While the motivations and perspectives of the various scholars differed, the terms and parameters of the debate remained remarkably fixed and focused, even as it unfolded across a vast geographic space between Herat, Cairo, and Constantinople. This article examines the contours of this debate and the relation…
Europeanist Trends and Islamicate Trajectories in Early Modern Ottoman History
There is little question these days that the Ottoman Empire constitutes a significant aspect of the early modern landscape. It is now rare to come across any academic publication or conference presentation on the Ottoman Empire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries without also encountering ‘early modern’ prominently included in the title or text. More substantively, Ottomanists have made great strides in the last generation to connect t…
History as Science
In the fifteenth century, scholars writing in Arabic and Persian debated the nature of historical inquiry and its place among the sciences. While the motivations and perspectives of the various scholars differed, the terms and parameters of the debate remained remarkably fixed and focused, even as it unfolded across a vast geographic space between Herat, Cairo, and Constantinople. This article examines the contours of this debate and the relation…
History as Science
In the fifteenth century, scholars writing in Arabic and Persian debated the nature of historical inquiry and its place among the sciences. While the motivations and perspectives of the various scholars differed, the terms and parameters of the debate remained remarkably fixed and focused, even as it unfolded across a vast geographic space between Herat, Cairo, and Constantinople. This article examines the contours of this debate and the relation…
Europeanist Trends and Islamicate Trajectories in Early Modern Ottoman History
There is little question these days that the Ottoman Empire constitutes a significant aspect of the early modern landscape. It is now rare to come across any academic publication or conference presentation on the Ottoman Empire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries without also encountering ‘early modern’ prominently included in the title or text. More substantively, Ottomanists have made great strides in the last generation to connect t…
The Crisis of Kingship in Late Medieval Islam
In the early sixteenth century, the political landscape of West Asia was completely transformed: of the previous four major powers, only one - the Ottoman Empire - continued to exist. Ottoman survival was, in part, predicated on transition to a new mode of kingship, enabling its transformation from regional dynastic sultanate to empire of global stature. In this book, Christopher Markiewicz uses as a departure point the life and thought of Idris …
The Sultan’s Renegades
In recent decades, much progress has been made in incorporating the Ottoman Empire into a wider early modern Mediterranean cultural complex. In such integration, the figure of the imperial go-between or cultural broker has assumed pride of place for his or her ability to nuance from the margins the binary political, religious and cultural categories that traditionally cast the Ottoman Empire as Europe’s most proximate Other. In this vein, Tobias …
The Battle for Central Europe
Shariʿa and Governance in Ottoman Egypt
In the mid-16th century, the Ottoman government sought to expand its tax revenue from Egypt through a controversial initiative to levy taxes on endowments (waqf). The controversy produced a diverse range of responses from Ottoman scholar-bureaucrats, such as Ebussuud Efendi, who supported the initiative; Egyptian scholars, including Ibn Nujaym and al-Ghayti, who opposed it; and the Ottoman governor, who worked to resolve it. Despite the opposing …
Setting Off for the Archives
This chapter explores the intricate world of Ottoman archives by focusing on the perceptions, challenges, and methodologies encountered by historians when engaging with these vast repositories. It delves into the comprehensiveness of administrative records maintained by the Ottoman Empire, highlighting the immense volume of documents produced and preserved. It underscores the balance between preservation and access, as well as the evolution of ar…
History (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Classics (4 works) · Empire (4 works) · Islam (4 works) · History (3 works)