The Ottomans and Eastern Europe: Borders and Political Patronage in the Early Modern World

The Ottomans and Eastern Europe

Borders and Political Patronage in the Early Modern World
 
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
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Number of Volumes: Paperback
 
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ISBN13:9780755638536
ISBN10:07556385311
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:296 pages
Size:234x156 mm
Weight:417 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 7 b/w
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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.

Published in Association with the British Institute at Ankara.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Field of Play: A Human Landscape of the Seventeenth-Century Eastern Europe
Part I: MECHANICS OF CROSS-BORDER PATRONAGE
Chapter 2. Building Bridges, Building Trust: The Toolkits of Faction-Building
Chapter 3. Flows and Exchanges: Resources and Their Circulation
Part II: MECHANICS OF CROSS-BORDER PATRONAGE
Chapter 4. Friends and Enemies: Factional Infighting and Macro-Politics
Chapter 5. Annexing Moldavia
Chapter 6. Choosing Ottomans
Conclusions