Dimitrie Cantemir, Historian of South East European and Oriental Civilizations | ArHiCuP

Resource Name Dimitrie Cantemir, Historian of South East European and Oriental Civilizations
Author Dimitrie Cantemir, [Translator]: Alexandru Dutu, Paul Cernovodeanu, Halil Inalcık
ISBN -
Material type Text
Subject history; Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia (Europe and Asia)
Publisher Association Internationale D'Etudes Du Sud-Est Europeen, Bucharest

Year 1973
Format 20.5 cm., 360 p., 27 ill.
Format printing
Language English
Annotation The present book is a translation in English of some chapters from the famous work of Dimitrie Cantemir, The History of the Ottoman Empire, with some annotation from the editors. This is Dimitrie Cantemir's eye-witness account of social and cultural life in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 17th- beginning of the 18th centuries. The author registered personal observations and reflections made during his stay in Constantinople or in other parts of the empire. It is aimed at researchers, students and the general public.

Foreword, Halil Inalcik – Introduction, Alexandru Duțu – Prefatory note – The meaning of culture – Ottomans and other people – Beliefs, customs and ideas – Literature – Architecture – Painting – Music – The Court – The schools – Personalities – The life of Demetrius Cantemir – Notes on Cantemir’s texts – 18th century echoes, presented by Paul Cernovodeanu – List pf plates – Index.

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