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Article: The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe.(Book Review)
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- January 1, 2005
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The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe By Daniel Goffman Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003
The nature of the Ottoman empire and its intersections with the states and peoples of the lands comprising Europe are currently the subject of considerable reflection in the fields of history and English literature. This particular work is not so much a study of Ottoman-European relations as an attempt to present a clarified Ottoman world against which various notions of Ottoman-European relations can be assessed. Goffman's primary objective is not to explore the intricacies of diplomatic relations (or, for that matter, the narration of "turning Turk"), but ...