Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. 1. POLITICAL INITIATIVES 'FROM THE BOTTOM UP IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE: SOME EVIDENCE FOR THEIR EXISTENCE 25
5. 2. POLITICAL ACTIVITY AMONG OTTOMAN TAXPAYERS AND THE PROBLEM OF SULTANIC LEGITIMATION (1570-1650) 37
6. 3. SAINTHOOD AS A MEANS OF SELF-DEFENSE IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY OTTOMAN ANATOLIA 67
7. 4. TOWN OFFICIALS, TIMAR-HOLDERS, AND TAXATION: THE LATE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY CRISIS AS SEEN FROM ÇORUM 83
8. 5. POLITICAL TENSIONS IN THE ANATOLIAN COUNTRYSIDE AROUND 1600. AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION 111
9. 6. SEEKING WISDOM IN CHINA: AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF THE CELALI REBELLIONS 125
10. 7. BLACK SLAVES AND FREEDMEN CELEBRATING (AYDIN, 1576) 149
11. 8. COUNTERFEITING IN ANKARA 159
12. 9. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OUTLAWS IN ÇORUM 171
13. 10. RÄUBER, REBELLEN UND OBRIGKEIT IM OSMANISCHEN ANATOLIEN 189
14. 11. ROBBERY ON THE HAJJ ROAD AND POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1560-1680) 205