Verfasst von:	Hathaway, Jane [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The chief eunuch of the Ottoman harem
Titelzusatz:	from African slave to power-broker
Institutionen:	Cambridge University Press [Verlag]
Verf.angabe:	Jane Hathaway (The Ohio State University)
Verlagsort:	Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
E-Jahr:	2018
Jahr:	[2018]
Umfang:	xvi, 323 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Karten
Format:	23 cm
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 287-303 ; Mit Register ; Hier auch später erschienene unveränderte Nachdrucke
ISBN:	978-1-107-10829-5
	1-107-10829-2
	978-1-107-51920-6
	1-107-51920-9
Abstract:	"Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem of the Ottoman Empire. A wide range of primary sources are used to analyse the Chief Eunuch's origins in East Africa and his political, economic, and religious role from the inception of his office in the late sixteenth century through the dismantling of the palace harem in the early twentieth century. Hathaway highlights the origins of the institution and how the role of eunuchs developed in East Africa, as well as exploring the Chief Eunuch's connections to Egypt and Medina. By tracing the evolution of the office, we see how the Chief Eunuch's functions changed in response to transformations in Ottoman society, from the generalized crisis of the seventeenth century to the westernizing reforms of the nineteenth century"--
URL:	Rezension: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2019/01/32261.html
Schlagwörter:	(g)Türkei    / (g)Osmanisches Reich    / (s)Harem    / (s)Sklave    / (s)Afrikaner    / (g)Ostafrika    / (z)Geschichte 1288-1918
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Hathaway, Jane, 1962 - : The chief eunuch of the Ottoman harem. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018. - 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 323 pages)
RVK-Notation:	LB 50340
	NN 8065
K10plus-PPN:	1028758162