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Showing posts with label ottomans. Show all posts

Showing posts with label ottomans. Show all posts

Monday, September 29, 2025

Review: Killing Monarchs by Richard Heath

Synopsis: Rulers (and would-be rulers) have always faced the possibility of a violent death. Between the seventh and eighteenth centuries ov...

Friday, February 9, 2024

Review: The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva

Synopsis: Vera Mutafchieva’s The Case of Cem , presented as a series of depositions by historical figures before a court, tells a straightf...

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Review: The Invention of Sicily by Jamie Mackay

Synopsis: A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands.Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest o...

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Beyond the harem: ways to be a woman during the Ottoman Empire

From University of Cambridge : Ottoman women shopped. They didn’t just shop; they also ran businesses, owned property and, on occasion...

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Review: The Traitor's Niche by Ismail Kadare

"At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan disp...

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Beyond the harem: ways to be a woman during the Ottoman Empire

A new volume of essays looks afresh at women’s lives during the 600 years of the Ottoman empire. The book challenges the stereotypes of fem...

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