Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands Pfeifer Helen
Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands Pfeifer Helen A history of the Ottoman incorporation of Arab lands that shows how gentlemanly salons shaped culture, society,…
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Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands Pfeifer Helen
A history of the Ottoman incorporation of Arab lands that shows how gentlemanly salons shaped culture, society, and governanceHistorians have typically linked Ottoman imperial cohesion in the sixteenth century to the bureaucracy or the sultan's court. Pfeifer demonstrates that salons--exclusive assemblies in which elite men displayed their knowledge and status--contributed as much as any formal institution to the empire's political stability. In Empire of Salons, Helen Pfeifer points instead to a critical but overlooked factor: gentlemanly salons.
Pfeifer shows that salons played a central role in Syria and Egypt's integration into the empire after the conquest of 1516-17.Pfeifer anchors her narrative in the These key laboratories of Ottoman culture, society, and politics helped men to build relationships and exchange ideas across the far-flung Ottoman lands.