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Essai sur les morts, depositions et avenements des sultans ottomans, XIVe-XIXe siecle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9803519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Woodhead (Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 491 |
| Pages | 528-531 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The English Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-8266 • E-ISSN: 1477-4534 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ehr/cel017 |
| OpenAlex | W2054092789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
THE Ottoman empire was first and foremost a dynastic state, defined by the ruling ‘house of Osman’ and by its household and administrative adherents rather than by territorial boundaries, religious cohesion or other natural determinants. Until at least the mid-seventeenth century, the death of a sultan and the accession of his successor were therefore events of particular significance and potential political weakness. In the absence of an enthroned sultan, the empire had no focus, no form and no meaning. Technically, it could dissolve into its constituent parts, as happened temporarily after the removal from power of Bayezid I in 1402 following his capture in battle by Timur. Absence of sultanic authority frequently led to vandalism and violence, since on the death of their master the sultan's erstwhile bodyguard, the Janissary corps, considered it their right to run amok in the capital city, pillaging and burning the homes of the
Accession · Ancient history · Art · Battle · Capital (architecture · Economics · Empire · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · Successor cardinal · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2016 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |