Travel and Artisans in the Ottoman Empire
Employment and Mobility in the Early Modern Era
| Autoren/Herausgeber: |
Prof. Dr. Suraiya Faroqhi |
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| Erschienen: | 2014 |
| Publikationsart: | Publikationen |
It has often been assumed that the subjects of the Ottoman sultans were unable to travel beyond their localities - since peasants needed the permission of their local administrators before they could leave their villages. According to this view, only soldiers and members of the governing elite would have been free to travel. For more see