LITERARY ART OF THE GOLDEN AGE: THE AGE OF SÜLEYMÂN

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION vii
4. THE LIFE AND FAMILY OF SÜLEYMÂN I 1
5. SÜLEYMÂN'S FORMATIVE YEARS IN THE CITY OF TRABZON: THEIR IMPACT ON THE FUTURE SULTAN AND THE CITY 21
6. THE MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE: OTTOMAN HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE POSTSÜLEYMÂNIC ERA 37
7. PUBLIC OPINION UNDER SULTAN SÜLEYMÂN 49
8. STATE, SOVEREIGNTY AND LAW DURING THE REIGN OF SÜLEYMÂN 59
9. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMPIRE: OTTOMAN STATE UNDER SÜLEYMÂN THE MAGNIFICENT 93
10. SULTAN SÜLEYMÂN AND THE OTTOMAN RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT 109
11. KALENDERS, ABDÂLS, HAYDERÎS: THE FORMATION OF THE BEKTÂŞÎYE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 121
12. TRADE CONTROLS, PROVISIONING POLICIES, AND DONATIONS: THE EGYPT-HIJAZ CONNECTION DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 131
13. THE OTTOMAN-HABSBURG BALANCE OF FORCES 145
14. OTTOMAN-HABSBURG RIVALRY: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 153
15. SÜLEYMÂN THE MAGNIFICENT AND THE REPRESENTATION OF POWER IN THE CONTEXT OF OTTOMAN-HAPSBURG-PAPAL RIVALRY 163
16. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PAPACY, VENICE AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE AGE OF SÜLEYMÂN THE MAGNIFICENT 195
17. SÜLEYMÂN AND IVAN: TWO AUTOCRATS OF EASTERN EUROPE 203
18. EXPANSION IN THE SOUTHERN SEAS 211
19. THE EASTERN POLICY OF SÜLEYMÂN THE MAGNIFICENT 1520-1533 219
20. SÜLEYMÂN'S EASTERN POLICY 229
21. THE IMAGE OF THE TURK IN EUROPEAN PERFORMING ARTS 249
22. THE ARTS UNDER SÜLEYMȂN THE MAGNIFICENT 257
23. ART AND CREATIVE THINKING IN THE REIGN OF SÜLEYMȂN THE LAWGIVER 295
24. ARCHITECTURE: THE CLASSICAL OTTOMAN ACHIEVEMENT 317
25. THE IMAGE OF SÜLEYMÂN IN OTTOMAN ART 333
26. PÎRÎ RE'ÎS 343
27. LITERARY ART OF THE GOLDEN AGE: THE AGE OF SÜLEYMÂN 353
28. CEMŞÂH U 'ALEMŞÂH: A MEŞNEVÎ OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 369
29. IDEOLOGY AND LITERATURE DURING THE EXPANSION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 381