Plural pasts : power, identity and the Ottoman sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle / Claire Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Claire, Dr., author.

Series:

Routledge research in early modern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kanizsa Castle (Nagykanizsa, Hungary)--History--17th century--Sources.

Kanizsa Castle (Nagykanizsa, Hungary).

Kanizsa, Battle of, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, 1601--Sources.

Kanizsa, Battle of, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, 1601.

Intellectual life.

Nationalism.

History.

Power (Social sciences).

Historiography--Political aspects.

Historiography.

Literacy--Political aspects.

Literacy.

Nagykanizsa (Hungary)--History--17th century--Sources.

Nagykanizsa (Hungary).

Hungary--History--Turkish occupation, 1526-1699--Sources.

Hungary.

Literacy--Political aspects--Turkey--History.

Historiography--Political aspects--Turkey--History.

Power (Social sciences)--Turkey--History.

Nationalism--Turkey--History.

Turkey--Intellectual life.

Turkey.

Turkey--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Hungary--Nagykanizsa.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xii, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

"Through a study of a variety of Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the Ottoman-Habsburg sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle (1600-01) including official documents, correspondence, histories, and more literary genres such as gazavatnames [campaign narratives], Plural Pasts explores Ottoman literacy practices. By considering the diverse roles that the various accounts served--construction of identities, forging of diplomatic alliances and legitimization of political ideologies and geo-political imaginations--it explores the cultural and socio-political significance the various accounts had for different audiences. In addition, it interweaves theoretical reflection with textual analysis. Using the sieges of Nagykanizsa as a case study, it offers a sophisticated contribution to ongoing historiographical arguments: namely, how historians construct hierarchies of primary sources and judge some to be more truthful, or more valuable, than others; how texts are assigned to particular genres based on perceived epistemological status--as story or history, fact or fiction; and the circular role that historians and their histories play in constructing, reflecting and reinforcing cultural and political imaginaries"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The authority of eyewitness accounts reconsidered

Fethnames : not just literary bombast

The Gazavatnames : erasing oral residue and correcting scribal error

The gazavatnames : re-writing the exemplar : individual scripta

Writers reading : reading the gazavat-i Tiryaki Hasan Pasa with Katib Çelebi and Naima

Nationalism and the re-invention of early modern identities

Conclusion: Making the sieges of Nagykanizsa morally defensible.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Norton, Claire, Dr. Plural pasts.

ISBN:

9781472485342

1472485343

OCLC:

965617481

Publisher Number:

99972303440