Kaya Sahin's book offers a revisionist reading of Ottoman history during the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566). By examining the life and works of a bureaucrat, Celalzade Mustafa, Sahin argues that the empire was built as part of the Eurasian momentum of empire building and demonstrates the imperial vision of sixteenth-century Ottomans. This unique study shows that,...(展开全部)

The European Tributary States is the first attempt to give a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences in the Ottoman Empire's relationship to Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Ragusa, the Crimean Khanate as well as the Cossack Hetmanate.

In the late sixteenth century, a prominent Albanian named Antonio Bruni composed a revealing document about his home country. Historian Sir Noel Malcolm takes this document as a point of departure to explore the lives of the entire Bruni family, whose members included an archbishop of the Balkans, the captain of the papal flagship at the Battle of Lepanto--at which the Ottomans...(展开全部)

In the second half of the sixteenth century, most of the Christian states of Western Europe were on the defensive against a Muslim superpower - the Empire of the Ottoman sultans. There was violent conflict, from raiding and corsairing to large-scale warfare, but there were also many forms of peaceful interaction across the surprisingly porous frontiers of these opposing power-b...(展开全部)

诺埃尔·马尔科姆（Noel Malcolm） 英国历史学家，牛津大学万灵学院高级研究员。 1995年以前，曾任政治专栏记者及外交事务编辑，在英美各大报刊发表多篇政治及书评文章。之后转入学术研究，长期关注巴尔干地区历史与基督教-伊斯兰关系，作品包括《波斯尼亚简史》《科索沃简史》《叛军、信徒、幸存者：阿尔巴尼亚人历史研究》等。 1997年，当选英国皇家文学院院士。2001年，当选不列颠学院院士。2014年，因其在学术、新闻及欧洲史方面的贡献，获封爵士。

In the late sixteenth century, a prominent Albanian named Antonio Bruni composed a revealing document about his home country. Historian Sir Noel Malcolm takes this document as a point of departure to explore the lives of the entire Bruni family, whose members included an archbishop of the Balkans, the captain of the papal flagship at the Battle of Lepanto--at which the Ottomans...(展开全部)

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed, did the Ottomans enter the war because War Minister Enver Pasha, dictating Ottoman decisions, was in thra...(展开全部)

Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire provides the first wide-ranging environmental history of the heyday of European imperialism, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the colonial era. It focuses on the ecological dimensions of the explosive growth of tropical commodity production, global trade, and modern resource management strategies that still visibly shape our ...(展开全部)

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。