The first study to explore the lives of female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court, including the period following their manumission and transfer from the imperial palace. Through an analysis of a wide range of hitherto unexplored primary sources, Betuel Ipsirli Argit demonstrates that the manumission of female palace slaves and their departure from the palace did not mean the severing of their ties with the imperial court; rather, it signaled the beginning of a new kind of relationship that would continue until their death. Demonstrating the diversity of experiences in non-dynastic female-agency in the early-modern Ottoman world, Life After the Harem shows how these evolving relationships had widespread implications for multiple parties, from the manumitted female palace slaves, to the imperial court, and broader urban society. In so doing, Ipsirli Argit offers not just a new way of understanding the internal politics and dynamics of the Ottoman imperial court, but also a new way of understanding the lives of the actors within it.
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'Betuel Ipsirli Argit's monograph, based on her groundbreaking PhD research and expanded here with additional material, is a masterful work that asks entirely new questions. This elegantly written book lays bare the richness and complexity of the experiences of non-dynastic women in positions of servitude in the Ottoman palace and interrogates the histories of actors whose stories have been heretofore neglected by historians ... Dr. Argit's study provides new and profound insights into the social history of the non-dynastic women of the Ottoman harem. It breaks new ground in tracing their lives and roles in society post-manumission, thus widening the scope and nuancing the scholarship on free and unfree lives in the Ottoman era.' Nur Sobers-Khan, Journal of Early Modern History '... a masterful work that asks entirely new questions. ... Dr Argit's study provides new and profound insights into the social history of the non-dynastic women of the Ottoman harem. It breaks new ground in tracing their lives and roles in society post-manumission, thus widening the scope and nuancing the scholarship on free and unfree lives in the Ottoman era.' Nur Sobers-Khan, Journal of Early Modern History
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Worked examples or Exercises; 9 Tables, black and white; 1 Maps; 5 Halftones, black and white
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
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978-1-108-72625-2 (9781108726252)
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Betuel Ipsirli Argit is Associate Professor of Ottoman History at Marmara University where her research focuses on the history of women in the Ottoman Empire, material culture and the history of the Ottoman imperial court. In addition to a number of articles, she is the author of Rabia Guelnus Emetullah Valide Sultan (1640-1715) (2014) and "Hayatlarinin Cesitli Safhalarinda Harem-i Huemayun Cariyeleri, 18.yuezyil" (2017). She is the recipient of the TUBITAK Post-Doctoral fellowship in Turkey.
Introduction; 1. The Imperial Harem and Its Residents; 2. Departure from the Imperial Palace and Changing Relationships with the Imperial Court; 3. Marriage Patterns; 4. Residential Districts and Relations with Society; 5. Material World: Fortunes and Possessions; 6. Charitable Activities: Architectural Patronage and Endowments.
