The Collapse of Rural Order in Ottoman Anatolia : Amasya 1576-1643.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Spelling -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Subject -- The Sources (mufassal [= detailed] avârız Registers) -- On the "Decline" Literature -- Chapter 2 Geography and Politics -- Amasya: Making of an Ottoman Province -- Rural Society: Limitations and Relational Matrix -- Chapter 3 Land, Society, and Empire (Through 1576) -- Peasants and Nomads -- Notables (mâlikâne Holders) -- Timariots (timar Holders) -- Chapter 4 The Collapse of Rural Order: A Comparison,1576-1643 -- Settlement Patterns -- Population -- Society -- Chapter 5 What Happened? An Assessment -- The Context Reviewed -- Nature and Climate at Work -- The Celâlîs -- The Consequences -- 1643 Recontextualized -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Appendix I: Tahriṙ and Avârız Registers of Amasya -- The Sources -- Survey Orders for the avârız Register of 1643 -- Appendix II: Revenue Holders and Revenue Distribution -- [Timarhâ-i] Eşkinciyân in c. 1480 and their Situation in Subsequent Registers -- Mâlikâne Holders, 1520-1576 (According to TT387 and TK26) -- Pious Foundations (vakıfs or waqfs) and the Revenues Allocated to them in 1520 -- Zeâmet and Timar Holdings/Holders, c. 1480-1576 -- Revenue Distribution, c. 1480-1576 (*) -- Appendix III: Urban Population in the Province o fRûm, 1520-1643(*) -- Bibliography -- Index.

In The Collapse of Rural Order in Ottoman Anatolia, by introducing novel source material, detailed avârız registers, Oktay Özel offers a fresh look at the Ottoman seventeenth-century crisis by studying demographic changes and collective violence in rural Amasya.

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