Introduction; Part I. Religion, Politics and Society: 1. The formation of Islamic Anatolia: crises of legitimacy and the struggle against unbelief; 2. Sufism and political power; 3. Sufism in society: Futuwwa in Seljuq and Mongol Anatolia; Part II. Literature and Religious Change: 4. The emergence of literary Turkish; 5. Vernacular religious literature: tales of conversion, eschatology and unbelief; 6. Apocalyptic thought and the political elite; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
A new understanding of the transformation of Anatolia to a Muslim society in the thirteenth-fourteenth centuries based on previously unpublished sources.
Andrew A. C. S. Peacock is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where he is also Director of the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies. He is the author of The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and co-editor of The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East (2013) and Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World (2015).
'This rich and meticulously researched monograph at last treats
Mongol Anatolia in the 13th-14th centuries as a vibrant and
multi-faceted society in its own right. The particular originality
of the book lies in its analysis of the literary texts being
written and read in this period, many previously unknown and still
in manuscript, which throw light on the processes of Islamization.'
Charles Melville, University of Cambridge
'The most thorough and perceptive study ever published of the
decades of Mongol rule in Anatolia. Based on primary sources, many
of which have hardly been used by earlier scholars, it throws a
flood of light on the process of Islamisation in what would
ultimately become Turkey.' David O. Morgan, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
'Deploys a depth and variety of source materials and novelty of
approach to the study of religious, political, and linguistic
change in Mongol Anatolia. Its conclusions differ startlingly from
most scholarship on the subject, setting off reverberations that
will be felt in scholarly circles far and wide.' Scott Redford,
SOAS, University of London
'Peacock has written an erudite, meticulously researched, and
insightful work drawing on fascinating new material from rarely
used sources. Tackling a wide array of topics from Sufism,
vernacular religious literature to apocalyptic thought, this is a
major contribution not only to the growing body of work on medieval
Anatolia but also to Islamic studies.' Sara Nur Yildiz, Max Planck
Institute for the History of Science
'This gripping book is set in one of the darkest periods of Soviet
history, the last years of Stalin. Using declassified materials
Slaveski vividly shows how remaking Ukraine after the German
occupation and the Red Army's defeat of the Wehrmacht was
accompanied by corruption, violence and for many destitution. The
result, as his brilliant analysis demonstrates, was incessant
conflict between central and local authorities. The legacy of the
chaotic post-war years is both an historical and contemporary
phenomenon. This book is an invaluable contribution to
understanding modern Ukraine.' John Barber, University of
Cambridge
'This fascinating story of ordinary people fighting back
successfully against Stalinist officialdom is an example of how
scholars can draw larger implications from local studies. Filip
Slaveski's important book offers a fresh approach to Stalinist
economy and society. It changes our understanding of Soviet history
after World War II by restoring agency to the lowly villagers and
revealing the social tensions missed by previous historians.' Serhy
Yekelchyk, University of Victoria
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