Aimilia Themopoulou

Associate Professor

athemop[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

The aim of the course is to study the structure of the Ottoman Empire on the administrative, economic and social levels.

Course Structure

In this course we examine the administration of the Ottoman Empire and more particularly:

• central administration, provincial administration and the organization of the Ottoman army;

• structure and evolution of the Ottoman army and the devşirme system;

• Organisation and evolution of the Ottoman navy, as well as the transition from the galley to the sailing ship in the end of the 17^th century;

• land ownership in the Ottoman state, the miri lands, the mulk and the wakf system;

• the evolution of land ownership, the iltizam system and the formation of the ciftliks in the second half of the 18^th century;

• the role of Sharia and the justice system in the Ottoman Empire;

• the institutions which determine the relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, the structure of the Ottoman society and the organization of the non-Muslims in the Ottoman state.

Assessment

Written mid-term exam (25% of the total grade), final written exam (75% of the total grade).

Bibliography

Basic

Χαλίλ Ιναλτζίκ, Η Οθωμανική Ιστορία Η κλασική εποχή 1300-1600, Εκδόσεις Αλεξάνδρεια, 1995, σελ 455.

Indicative

Baldiceanu Nicoara, Le timar dans l’Empire Ottoman (Début XIV- Début XVIsiècle), Weisbaden, 1980.

Barkan Ömer Lütfi, Türkiye’de toprak meselesi, Istanbul, 1980.

Berktay Halil - Faroqhi Suraiyya, New Approaches to state and peasent in Ottoman History, London, 1992

Cvetkova Bistra, Les Institutions Ottomanes en Europe, Weisbaden, 1978

Cahen Claude, L’islam, Paris, 1997.

Cvetkova Bistra, Les Institutions Ottomanes en Europe, Weisbaden, 1978.

Faroqhi Suraiyya, Towns and townsmen of Ottoman Anatolia, trade, crafts, and food production in urban setting 1520-1550, Cambridge, 1984.

Faroqhi Suraiyya, Stories of Ottoman men and women, Istanbul, 2002.

Faroqhi Suraiyya, Προσεγγίζοντας την Οθωμανική Ιστορία, Εισαγωγή στις πηγές, (μετφ. Κώστας Ε. Καμπουρίδης),Θεσσαλονίκη, 2006.

Finkel Caroline, Οθωμανική Ιστορία 1300-1923, Αθήνα, 2007.

Hamilton G., Bowen H., Islamic society and the West, v. II Oxford, 1969.

Inalcik Halil, The Ottoman Empire conquest, organization and economy, London, 1978.

Inalcik Halil (μετ.Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης) Η Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία Η κλασική εποχή, 1300-1600,Αθήνα, 1995.

Inalcık Halil, The Ottoman Empire conquest, organization and economy, Varorium Reprints, London, 1978.

Inalcık Halil, From Empire to Republic Assays on Ottoman and Turkish Social History, The Isis Press, Istanbul, 1995

Inalcik Halil - Quateart Donald, Οικονομική και κοινωνική ιστορία της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας, Τόμος Α:1300-1600, Αθήνα, 2008.

Inalcik Halil, Essays in Ottoman History, Istanbul. 1998.

Inalcik Halil, "Djizya" E. I. Leiden, t. I σ. 562-566

Inalcik Halil, "Eyalet" E. I. Leiden, t. II σ. 721-724.

Imber Colin, Studies in Ottoman history and Law, Istanbul, 1996.

Kafadar Cemal, Ανάμεσα σε δύο κόσμους Η κατασκευή του Οθωμανικού κράτους (μτφ.) Αντώνης Αναστασόπουλος, Αθήνα 2008.

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Mantran Robert, Histoire de l’Empire Ottoman, Paris, 1989.

Μantran Robert, Istanbul dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle, Paris, 1962.

Özkaya Yücel, Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda ayanlık, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara, 1994.

Παπούλια Βασιλική, Από την Θεοκρατική απολυταρχία στον νεότερο Πολυμερισμό Τόμος Β΄, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2006.

Pierce Leslie, The Imperial Harem, Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, New York, Oxford, 1993.

Quateart Donald, Η Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία Οι τελευταίοι αιώνες 1700-1922, Αθήνα, 2006.

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Uzunçarşılı Ismail Hakkı, Osmanlı Devletinin Merkez ve Bahriye Teşkilatı, Istanbul, 3^rd edition, 1988.

Witek P., H γένεση της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας (μετ. Ε. Μπαλτά), Αθήνα, 1988.

Zachariadou Elizabeth, (edt) The Ottoman Emirate (1300-1389) Crete University Press- Foundation for Research and Technology Heraklion, 1993.

Zürcher Erik J., Σύγχρονη Ιστορία της Τουρκίας, Αθήνα, 2004.

Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Εθνους, τ. ΙΑ΄ σ. 98-109,189-242,360-416, 433-451.