Description: First Capital of the Ottoman Empire : The Religious, Architectural, and Social History of Bursa, Paperback by Cagaptay, Suna, ISBN 0755635434, ISBN-13 9780755635436, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US From 1326 to 1402, Bursa, known to the Byzantines as Prousa, served as the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. It retained its spiritual and commercial importance even after Edirne (Adrianople) in Thrace, and later Constantinople (Istanbul), functioned as Ottoman capitals. Yet, to date, no comprehensive study has been published on the city's role as the inaugural center of a great empire. In works by art and architectural historians, the city has often been portrayed as having a small or insignificant pre-Ottoman past, as if the Ottomans created the city from scratch. This couldn't be farther from the truth. In this book, rooted in the author's archaeological experience, Suna Çagaptay tells the story of the transition from a Byzantine Christian city to an Islamic Ottoman one, positing that Bursa was a multi-faith capital where we can see the religious plurality and modernity of the Ottoman world. The encounter between local and incoming forms, as this book shows, created a synthesis filled with nuance, texture, and meaning. Indeed, when one looks more closely and recognizes that the contributions of the past do not threaten the authenticity of the present, a richer and more accurate narrative of the city and its Ottoman accommodation emerges.
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Book Title: First Capital of the Ottoman Empire : The Religious, Architectura
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: First Capital of the Ottoman Empire : the Religious, Architectural, and Social History of Bursa
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Islamic Studies, Europe / Eastern, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Sociology / Urban
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2022
Item Weight: 11.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Suna Cagaptay
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
