The Ottomans and Eastern Europe

Borders and Political Patronage in the Early Modern World

Michal Wasiucionek (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2020
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-3853-6 (ISBN)

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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.

Michal Wasiucionek is a post-doctoral fellow at the New Europe College in Bucharest. He received his PhD from the European University Institute, Florence and was previously a lecturer at the Centre for Comparative History and Political Studies in Perm, Russia. He presents regularly at conferences around the world and has published in peer-reviewed journals and edited collections.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	The Ottoman Empire and the World
Zusatzinfo	7 b/w
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 232 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-7556-3853-0 / 0755638530
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-3853-6 / 9780755638536
Zustand	Neuware