{"product_id":"nature-of-the-early-ottoman-state","title":"Nature of the Early Ottoman State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revisionist interpretation of the early origins of the Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to the study of the formative years of the Ottoman Empire. Challenging the predominant view that a desire to spread Islam accounted for Ottoman success during the fourteenth-century advance into Southeastern Europe, Lowry argues that the primary motivation was a desire for booty and slaves. The early Ottomans were a plundering confederacy, open to anyone (Muslim or Christian) who could meaningfully contribute to this goal. It was this lack of a strict religious orthodoxy, and a willingness to preserve local customs and practices, that allowed the Ottomans to gain and maintain support. Later accounts were written to buttress what had become the self-image of the dynasty following its incorporation of the heartland of the Islamic world in the sixteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410691182936,"sku":"9780791456361","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780791456361_c210d1cd-005f-4f79-9f28-96f63b985907.jpg?v=1777898740","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/nature-of-the-early-ottoman-state","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}