ERC-2024-CoG OttomanCORE seeks to rethink how the Ottoman Empire was governed during its much-debated formative period (fourteenth to sixteenth centuries). Moving beyond statist narratives that portray Ottoman rulership as a top-down and preordained system, the project advances a regional perspective that foregrounds space, practice, and agency. By deconstructing the core components of governance and “de-anonymizing” a wide range of provincial actors, OttomanCORE uncovers the local and negotiated foundations of Ottoman rule and offers a new, bottom-up understanding of imperial governance.

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