Travel and Artisans in the Ottoman Empire: Employment and Mobility in the Early Modern Era / Library of Ottoman Studies (NEW)

296 sayfa. 16x24 cm
It has often been assumed that the subjects of the Ottoman sultans were unable to travel beyond their localities - since peasants needed the permission of their local administrators before they could leave their villages. According to this view, only soldiers and members of the governing elite would have been free to travel. However, Suraiya Faroqhi's extensive archival research shows that this was not the case; pious men from all walks of life went on pilgrimage to Mecca, slaves fled from their masters and craftspeople travelled in search of work. Most travellers in the Ottoman era headed for Istanbul in search of better prospects and even in peacetime the Ottoman administration recruited artisans to repair fortresses and sent them far away from their home towns. In this book, Suraiya Faroqhi provides a revisionist study of those (...)

Travel and Artisans in the Ottoman Empire: Employment and Mobility in the Early Modern Era / Library of Ottoman Studies (YENİ-NEW)

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