Description:
Paul Wittek's The Rise of the Ottoman Empire was first published by the Royal Asiatic Society in 1938 and has been out of print for more than a quarter of a century. The present reissue of the text also brings together translations of his other studies on Ottoman history; five closely interconnected writings from the founding of the state to the Fall of Constantinople.
Review Quotes:
"Colin Heywood 's publication of Paul Wittek's Rise of the Ottoman Empire and other works... is almost as important as the publication of the original. Heywood has produced an outstanding, erudite work in commenting on Wittek's life and career... Heywood has succeeded in vigorously reasserting Wittek's indisputable place in Ottoman historiography and his own fine contribution to the same history. We all should be grateful to him not only for signalling Wittek's extraordinary contribution to Seljuki and Ottoman historiography but also for bringing to historians' attention many of Wittek's lesser-known works and clarifying their content and the circumstance of their writing."- Kemal H. Karpat, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Int. J. Turkish Studies Vol. 18, Nos. 1&2, 2012