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Author Peirce, Leslie P., author.

Title A spectrum of unfreedom : captives and slaves in the Ottoman empire / Leslie Peirce.

Publication Info. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2021.
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 125 pages).
text file
Series Natalie Zemon Davis annual lectures series, 1996-1197
Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents An Overview of Ottoman Slavery -- Captives and Their Captors -- Voices of Captivity in Legend, History, and Law.
Summary "Without the labor of the captives and slaves, the Ottoman empire could not have attained and maintained its strength in early modern times. With Anatolia as the geographic focus, Leslie Peirce searches for the voices of the unfree, drawing on archives, histories written at the time, and legal texts"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Slavery -- Turkey -- History.
Slavery.
Turkey.
History.
Captivity -- Turkey -- History.
Captivity.
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
Chronological Term 1288-1918
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Peirce, Leslie P. Spectrum of unfreedom Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2021 9789633863992 (DLC) 2021015142
ISBN 9789633864005 electronic book
9633864003 electronic book
9789633863992 paperback