The Ottoman court of the late 16th century produced an unprecedented number of sumptuously illustrated chronicles. While usually dismissed as imperial eulogies, Emine Fetvaci demonstrates that these books commented on contemporary events, promoted the political agendas of courtiers as well as the sultan, and presented their patrons and creators in ways that helped shape the perspectives of their elite audience. Picturing History at the Ottoman Court traces the simultaneous crafting of political power, the codification of a historical record, and the unfolding of cultural change.
- ISBN10 0253006783
- ISBN13 9780253006783
- Publish Date 6 February 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 332
- Language English