The ottomans disolving images by Wheatcroft, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The world's last day: the fall of the Byzantine Empire -- At the gate of bliss: the shaping of Ottoman power -- Strangled with a silken cord: the constraints of Ottomanism -- 'The auspicious event': the extirpation of the janissaries -- Stamboul, the city: western image of the Ottomans -- Dreams from the Rose PavilionL: the meandering path of reform -- 'The lustful Turk' -- 'The terrible Turk'…”

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