Das osmanische Europa. Methoden und Perspektiven der Frühneuzeitforschung zu Südosteuropa. Eds. Andreas Helmedach, Markus Koller, Konrad Petrovsky und Stefan Rohdewald. Leipzig: Eudora-Verlag, 2014.

Abstract

The 19 articles of the volume are distributed among the four major chapters (17 in German, 2 in English): Power, Rule, and Violence (I), Economy (II), Religious Cultures (III), and Perceptions of Time and Historical Interpretations (IV). In their introduction, the editors deal with the "state and perspectives of research," addressing first and foremost the ongoing discussion about the concept of the "Early Modern Era." Both here and in the introductions to the sections, the emphasis is placed on recent research. The editors largely spare themselves a retrospective look at earlier approaches to a transnational "study" of Ottoman Southeastern Europe.