The Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans

Interpretations and Research Debates

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ID19901453
AuthorsOliver Jens Schmitt (0000-0002-8418-6222, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages289
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Ottoman conquest of the Balkans (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherVerlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1553/0x0034313a
OpenAlexW3109285442
ISBN9783700178903
Open LibraryOL44501230M
LanguageEN
Citations received15

The Ottoman conquest of the Balkans constitutes a major change in European history. Scholarship on the topic is extensive, yet the evidence produced by decades of research is very scattered and lacking comprehensive synthesis, not to mention consensual interpretation. Although major political and military milestones seem to have been investigated thoroughly, there is a notable absence of more theoretical and interpretative approaches that overarch the entire phenomenon rather than merely individual aspects. Scholars have hitherto addressed the topic from various perspectives and employing a wide range of methods, but Byzantine studies, Ottoman studies, Eastern Mediterranean studies and national historiographies in the Balkan countries have yet to establish either a coherent collaboration or a consistent model of interpretation. This volume therefore rather aims at opening and structuring a new heuristic approach and at coordinating a field of studies that is of crucial importance for understanding change in European history

Ancient history · CONQUEST · Geography · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Classics · History · Law · Balkan peninsula · Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 · Turkey

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