Topics in Ottoman History II

Course Information
TitleΘέματα Ιστορίας της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας Β΄ / Topics in Ottoman History II
CodeΙΤΛ751
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID280007139

Class Information
Academic Year2013 – 2014
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
280095432
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΙΤΛ750 Topics in Ottoman History I
Learning Outcomes
Understanding of the main problems related to the period examined. Systematic analysis of primary sources and secondary literature as regards the history of the Ottoman Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Week # 1 Introduction: Methodological problems, sources, assignment of essays to the post-graduate students. Weeks # 2-3 Rural Economy. Weeks # 4-5 Urban Economy. Weeks # 6-7 Commerce. Weeks # 8-10 Social history: the emergence of the new provincial elite and its interaction with the imperial centre. Weeks # 11-13 Presentation of essays by the post-graduate students.
Keywords
Ottoman Empire, economy, provincial elites
Educational Material Types
  • Book
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Seminars
Fieldwork
Reading Assigment
Project
Total
Student Assessment
Description
Essays
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
  • Report (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
A. Anastasopoulos (ed.), Provincial Elites in the Ottoman Empire, Halcyon Days in Crete V, A Symposium Held in Rethymno, 10-12 January 2003, Rethymno 2005. A. Anastasopoulos (ed.), Political Initiatives ‘From the Bottom Up’ in the Ottoman Empire, Halcyon Days in Crete VII, A Symposium Held in Rethymno, 9-11 January 2009, Rethymno 2012. Σ. Ασδραχάς (επ.), Ελληνική οικονομική ιστορία, Αθήνα 2003. I.H. Danişmend, Izahlı osmanlı tarihi kronolojisi, cilt 4, Istanbul 1971-1972. L. Darling, Revenue-raising and Legitimacy. Tax Collection and Finance Administration in the Ottoman Empire, 1560-1660, Leiden 1996. S. Faroqhi, Coping with the State. Political Conflict and Crime in the Ottoman Empire. 1550-1720, Istanbul 1995. H.A.R. Gibb & H.Bowen Islamic Society And The West, London, 1950. H. Inalcik, Osmanlı’da Devlet, Hukuk, Adâlet, Istanbul 2000. H. Inalcik & D. Quataert (eds.), An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, vol. 2, Cambridge 1994. R. Mantran (ed), Histoire de l’ empire ottoman, Paris 1989. B. Mc Gowan, Economic Life in Ottoman Europe, Taxation, Trade, and the Struggle for Land, 1600-1800, Cambridge 1981. Y. Nagata, Tarihte âyanlar, Ankara 1997. Y. Özkaya, Osmanlı Imparatorluğu’nda Âyanlık, Ankara 1994. S. Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000. H.I. Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Tarihi. IV Cilt, I Kısım: Karlofça Andlaşmasından XVIII Yűzyılın Sonlarına Kadar, Ankara, 1995. M.H. Van Den Boogert, The Capitulations and the Ottoman Legal System. Qadis, Consuls and Beratlis in the 18th Century, Leiden 2005.
Last Update
01-12-2013