000			02088 a2200349 4500
001			1317079590
005			20250317111627.0
008			250312042017GB eng
020			_a9781317079590
037			_bTaylor & Francis _cGBP 42.99 _fBB
040			_a01
041			_aeng
072	7		_aN _2thema
072	7		_aNHTB _2thema
072	7		_aNHB _2thema
072	7		_aDSB _2thema
072	7		_a3M _2bisac
072	7		_aHBLH _2bic
072	7		_aHBTB _2bic
072	7		_aHBG _2bic
072	7		_aDSBD _2bic
072	7		_aHIS055000 _2bisac
072	7		_aHIS037020 _2bisac
072	7		_aHIS000000 _2bisac
072	7		_a943.9041 _2bisac
100	1		_aClaire Norton
245	1	0	_aPlural Pasts _bPower, Identity and the Ottoman Sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle
250			_a1
260			_aOxford _bRoutledge _c20170203
300			_a202 p
520			_bThrough 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.
999			_c6358 _d6358