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A Spectrum of Unfreedom

- Captives and Slaves in the Ottoman Empire
Af: Leslie Peirce Engelsk Paperback

A Spectrum of Unfreedom

- Captives and Slaves in the Ottoman Empire
Af: Leslie Peirce Engelsk Paperback
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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.

Unfree persons comprised two general populations: slaves and captives. Mostly household workers, slaves lived in a variety of circumstances, from squalor to luxury. Their duties varied with the status of their owner. Slave status might not last a lifetime, as Islamic law and Ottoman practice endorsed freeing one’s slave.

Captives were typically seized in raids, generally to disappear, their fates unknown. Victims rarely returned home, despite efforts of their families and neighbors to recover them. The reader learns what it was about the Ottoman environment of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that offered some captives the opportunity to improve the conditions of their bondage. The book describes imperial efforts to fight against the menace of captive-taking despite the widespread corruption among the state’s own officials, who had their own interest in captive labor.

From the fortunes of captives and slaves the book moves to their representation in legend, historical literature, and law, where, fortunately, both captors and their prey are present.

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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.

Unfree persons comprised two general populations: slaves and captives. Mostly household workers, slaves lived in a variety of circumstances, from squalor to luxury. Their duties varied with the status of their owner. Slave status might not last a lifetime, as Islamic law and Ottoman practice endorsed freeing one’s slave.

Captives were typically seized in raids, generally to disappear, their fates unknown. Victims rarely returned home, despite efforts of their families and neighbors to recover them. The reader learns what it was about the Ottoman environment of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that offered some captives the opportunity to improve the conditions of their bondage. The book describes imperial efforts to fight against the menace of captive-taking despite the widespread corruption among the state’s own officials, who had their own interest in captive labor.

From the fortunes of captives and slaves the book moves to their representation in legend, historical literature, and law, where, fortunately, both captors and their prey are present.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 134
ISBN-13: 9789633863992
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 9633863996
Kategori: Ottoman Empire
Udg. Dato: 30 jun 2021
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 201mm
Højde: 132mm
Forlag: Central European University Press
Oplagsdato: 30 jun 2021
Forfatter(e): Leslie Peirce
Forfatter(e) Leslie Peirce

Kategori Ottoman Empire

ISBN-13 9789633863992

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 134

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 201mm

Højde 132mm

Udg. Dato 30 jun 2021

Oplagsdato 30 jun 2021

Forlag Central European University Press

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