The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans: From Global Imperial Power to Absolutist States
The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, especially under their charismatic leaders Charles V and Suleyman I, were major empires of the early-modern period. Both exercised global power as, respectively, leaders of the universal 'res publica Christiana' and 'dar-es Islam'. However, both lost supreme power in the course of the 17th and 18th centuries and began the transformation to absolutist nation states. This account of the important transition to modern notions of statehood is vital for understanding the reform strategies of both empires in administration, taxation, conduct of foreign policy and formation of the modern state. Both empires adopted differing strategies of survival and development: Austria's 'Enlightened Despotism' and the Austro-Hungarian Empire traced their origins to the Holy Roman Empire; while the Ottoman Empire, reformed and modernised, developed into the nation state of the Republic of Turkey.
Mehmet Sinan Birdal draws upon original historical sources and the teachings of Habermas and the Frankfurt School for the doctrine of 'legitimation' as the theoretical basis for political authority in this original and revisionist work for historians, international relations specialists and political scientists.

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The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans: From Global Imperial Power to Absolutist States
The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, especially under their charismatic leaders Charles V and Suleyman I, were major empires of the early-modern period. Both exercised global power as, respectively, leaders of the universal 'res publica Christiana' and 'dar-es Islam'. However, both lost supreme power in the course of the 17th and 18th centuries and began the transformation to absolutist nation states. This account of the important transition to modern notions of statehood is vital for understanding the reform strategies of both empires in administration, taxation, conduct of foreign policy and formation of the modern state. Both empires adopted differing strategies of survival and development: Austria's 'Enlightened Despotism' and the Austro-Hungarian Empire traced their origins to the Holy Roman Empire; while the Ottoman Empire, reformed and modernised, developed into the nation state of the Republic of Turkey.
Mehmet Sinan Birdal draws upon original historical sources and the teachings of Habermas and the Frankfurt School for the doctrine of 'legitimation' as the theoretical basis for political authority in this original and revisionist work for historians, international relations specialists and political scientists.

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The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans: From Global Imperial Power to Absolutist States

The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans: From Global Imperial Power to Absolutist States

by Mehmet Sinan Birdal
The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans: From Global Imperial Power to Absolutist States

The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottomans: From Global Imperial Power to Absolutist States

by Mehmet Sinan Birdal

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Overview

The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, especially under their charismatic leaders Charles V and Suleyman I, were major empires of the early-modern period. Both exercised global power as, respectively, leaders of the universal 'res publica Christiana' and 'dar-es Islam'. However, both lost supreme power in the course of the 17th and 18th centuries and began the transformation to absolutist nation states. This account of the important transition to modern notions of statehood is vital for understanding the reform strategies of both empires in administration, taxation, conduct of foreign policy and formation of the modern state. Both empires adopted differing strategies of survival and development: Austria's 'Enlightened Despotism' and the Austro-Hungarian Empire traced their origins to the Holy Roman Empire; while the Ottoman Empire, reformed and modernised, developed into the nation state of the Republic of Turkey.
Mehmet Sinan Birdal draws upon original historical sources and the teachings of Habermas and the Frankfurt School for the doctrine of 'legitimation' as the theoretical basis for political authority in this original and revisionist work for historians, international relations specialists and political scientists.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781848856226
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/30/2011
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mehmet Sinan Birdal received his PhD in International Relations from the University of Southern California. He is currently Assistant Professor at Maltepe University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures Preface and acknowledgements
• Introduction
• From empires to absolutist states: political change in early modern Europe
• Institution and worldviews
• Legal evolution and state formation: a comparison of Roman law and Islamic law
• State formation in the Holy Roman Empire
• State formation in the Ottoman Empire
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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