A Companion to Early Modern Istanbul

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44492-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 758 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1633 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to European History

This multi-disciplinary volume is the first collective effort to explore Istanbul, capital of the vast polyglot, multiethnic, and multireligious Ottoman empire and home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse urban populations, as an early modern metropolis.

It assembles topics seldom treated together and embraces novel subjects and fresh approaches to older debates. Contributors crisscross the socioeconomic, political, cultural, environmental, and spatial, to examine the myriad human and non-human actors, local and global, that shaped the city into one of the key sites of early modern urbanity.

Contributors are: Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano, Zeynep Altok, Walter G. Andrews, Betül Basaran, Cem Behar, Maurits H. van den Boogert, John J. Curry, Linda T. Darling, Suraiya Faroqhi, Emine Fetvaci, Shirine Hamadeh, Cemal Kafadar, Çigdem Kafescioglu, Deniz Karakas, Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik, B. Harun Küçük, Selim S. Kuru, Karen A. Leal, Gülru Necipoglu, Christoph K. Neumann, Asli Niyazioglu, Amanda Phillips, Marinos Sariyannis, Aleksandar Shopov, Lucienne Thys-Senocak, Nükhet Varlik, N. Zeynep Yelçe, Gülay Yilmaz, and Zeynep Yürekli.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hamadeh, Shirine

Kafescioglu, Çigdem

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Note on Transliteration

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Contributors

Maps

1 Early Modern Istanbul

Shirine Hamadeh and Çigdem Kafescioglu

2 The City Opens Your Eyes Because It Wants to Be Seen

The Conspicuity and Lure of Early Modern Istanbul

Cemal Kafadar

Part 1: Istanbulites of City and Court

3 Istanbul: A City of Men

Selim S. Kuru

4 Women in the City

Lucienne Thys-Senocak

5 Elites’ Networks and Mobility

Christoph K. Neumann

6 Palace and City Ceremonials

N. Zeynep Yelçe

7 Courtly Spaces: Visual and Material Culture

Emine Fetvaci

Part 2: Spaces and Landscapes of Production

8 Volatile Urban Landscapes between Mythical Space and Time

Gülru Necipoglu

9 Merchants and Global Connections

Maurits H. van den Boogert

10 Artisans and Guilds

Practices, Negotiations, and Conflicts

Suraiya Faroqhi

11 When Istanbul Was a City of Bostans

Urban Agriculture and Agriculturists

Aleksandar Shopov

12 Water for the City

Builders, Technology, and Private Initiative

Deniz Karakas

Part 3: Everyday Lives and Spaces of Habitation

13 Neighborhood and Family Lives

Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik

14 Communal Matters

Karen A. Leal

15 Crafts and Everyday Consumption

Amanda Phillips

16 Death in Istanbul

Plagues, Fires, and Other Catastrophes

Nükhet Varlik

17 Crime, Violence, and Urban Policing

Betül Basaran

Part 4: Streets and Publics

18 Sociability, Public Life, and Decorum

Marinos Sariyannis

19 Sufi Spaces and Practices

John J. Curry

20 The Sultan, His Monument, and the Critical Public

Zeynep Yürekli

21 Urban Protests, Rebellions, and Revolts

Gülay Yilmaz

22 The 18th-Century “Istanbul Tale”

Prose Tales and Beyond

Zeynep Altok

Part 5: Spaces of Thought and Imagination

23 Science and Technology

B. Harun Küçük

24 Music and Musicians in the City

Cem Behar

25 Poets, Sufis, and Their City Tours

Asli Niyazioglu

26 The Poetics of Istanbul: The City of Cities

Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano and Walter G. Andrews

27 Istanbul Elites and Political Writing

Linda T. Darling

Select Bibliography

Index