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 tions 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 Identifiers
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd., I.B.Tauris
ISBN-10
1848856229
ISBN-13
9781848856226
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109200439
Product Key Features
Author
Mehmet Sinan Birdal
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
History: World & General
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
431g
Height
216mm
Width
134mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
28mm
Content Note
Black & White Tables, Figures
Author Biography
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.