The Ottomans and Eastern Europe: Borders and Political Patronage in the Early Modern World
Michal Wasiucionek
In the seventeenth century, previously peaceful relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth deteriorated into a series of military confrontations over the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. Although scholars have generally interpreted this rivalry in terms of conflicting geopolitical interests, this state-centred approach ignores one of the most important developments of the period: the devolution of power away from rulers and formal institutions towards political factions. Drawing on Ottoman, Polish and Romanian sources, The Ottomans and Eastern Europe explores the complex interplay between regional politics and the rise of factionalism, focusing on cross-border patronage between Ottoman, Polish-Lithuanian and Moldavian elites. By approaching the history of the region from a factional, rather than state-centred perspective, this book investigates an alternative geography of power, defined by personal interactions that straddled religious, political and social boundaries between the elites. Wasiucionek reveals the way in which these interactions not only shaped the Ottoman-Polish rivalry over Moldavia, but also influenced political culture throughout the region.
عام:
2019
الناشر:
I.B. Tauris
اللغة:
english
الصفحات:
296
ISBN 10:
1788318471
ISBN 13:
9781788318471
سلسلة الكتب:
The Ottoman Empire and the World
ملف:
PDF, 3.44 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2019