All Outputs (27)

The Ottoman art of word-painting. Rhyme and reason in seventeenth-century Turkish literary letters (2023)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2023). The Ottoman art of word-painting. Rhyme and reason in seventeenth-century Turkish literary letters. The Seventeenth Century, https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117x.2023.2223569

Among highly-educated Ottomans letter-writing was not simply a means of practical communication but an art in itself and a significant aspect of Ottoman literary culture. Collections of exemplary letters from the seventeenth century survive in consid... Read More about The Ottoman art of word-painting. Rhyme and reason in seventeenth-century Turkish literary letters.

Poet, patron and padisah: the Ottoman sultan Murad III (1574-95) (2014)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2014). Poet, patron and padisah: the Ottoman sultan Murad III (1574-95). In G. E. Gasper, & J. McKinnell (Eds.), Ambition and anxiety: courts and courtly discourse, c. 700-1600 (229-49). Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto

The gift of letters: correspondence between Nergisi and Veysi (2014)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2014). The gift of letters: correspondence between Nergisi and Veysi. In H. Aynur, B. Aydın, & M. B. Ülker (Eds.), Kitaplara vakfedilen bir ömre tuhfe İsmail E. Erünsal’a armağan (971-988). Ülke Yayınları

‘Meeting with you was like being in Paradise.’ So begins the first of three letters written by Nergisi to his fellow kadi Veysi and copied into the second recension of his münşe’at in late 1626 or early 1627. It reflects upon a recent meeting between... Read More about The gift of letters: correspondence between Nergisi and Veysi.

Writing to a Grand Vezir: Azmizade Efendi’s letters to Nasuh Paşa, 1611-1614 (2013)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2013). Writing to a Grand Vezir: Azmizade Efendi’s letters to Nasuh Paşa, 1611-1614. In M. İpşirli, F. M. Emecen, I. Keskin, & A. Ahmetbeyoğlu (Eds.), Osmanlı’nın izinde : Prof. Dr. Mehmed İpşirli armağanı (485-492). Timaş

The Ottoman world (2011)
Book
Woodhead, C. (Ed.). (2011). The Ottoman world. Routledge

Environment, communications and economy in the Ottoman Balkans and eastern Mediterranean (2008)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2008). Environment, communications and economy in the Ottoman Balkans and eastern Mediterranean

Consolidating the empire: new views on Ottoman history 1453-1869 (2008)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2008). Consolidating the empire: new views on Ottoman history 1453-1869. The English Historical Review, 123, 973-87

After Celalzade: the Ottoman nişancı c.1560-1700 (2007)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2007). After Celalzade: the Ottoman nişancı c.1560-1700

Circles of correspondence: Ottoman letter-writing in the early seventeenth century (2007)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2007). Circles of correspondence: Ottoman letter-writing in the early seventeenth century

Ottoman libraries contain a large number of 17th- and 18th-century letter collections, either as the work of one author or as compilations from different writers. Their contents range from official documents through professional correspondence to fri... Read More about Circles of correspondence: Ottoman letter-writing in the early seventeenth century.

Reading Ottoman <I>sehnames: official historiography in the late sixteenth century (2007)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2007). Reading Ottoman sehnames: official historiography in the late sixteenth century. Studia Islamica, 104-105, 67-80

Scribal chaos? Observations on the post of re'isülküttab in the late sixteenth century (2006)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2006). Scribal chaos? Observations on the post of re'isülküttab in the late sixteenth century. In O. Özel, & E. Kermeli (Eds.), The Ottoman Empire: Myths, Realities and 'Black Holes'. Istanbul, Isis Press

Estetik nesir [Literary prose] (2006)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2006). Estetik nesir [Literary prose]. In T. Halman (Ed.), Türk edebiyati tarihi (317-25). T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları

Murad III and the historians: representations of Ottoman imperial authority in late 16th century historiography (2005)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2005). Murad III and the historians: representations of Ottoman imperial authority in late 16th century historiography. In H. Karateke, & M. Reinkowski (Eds.), Authority and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire (85-98). Brill Academic Publishers

The history of an Historie: Richard Knolles' Generall Historie of the Turkes 1603-1700 (2002)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (2002). The history of an Historie: Richard Knolles' Generall Historie of the Turkes 1603-1700

Puff and patronage: Ottoman takriz-writing and literacy recommendation in the 17th century (2000)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (2000). Puff and patronage: Ottoman takriz-writing and literacy recommendation in the 17th century. In C. Balim-Harding, & C. Imber (Eds.), The Balance of Truth. Essays in Honour of Professor Geoffrey Lewis (395-406). Istanbul, Isis Press

The Ottoman gazaname: stylistic influences on the writing of campaign narratives (1999)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (1999). The Ottoman gazaname: stylistic influences on the writing of campaign narratives. In K. Çiç&ek (Ed.), Great Ottoman Turkish Civilisation, III (55-60). Ankara, Yeni Türkiye

Perspectives on Süleyman (1995)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (1995). Perspectives on Süleyman. In M. Kunt, & C. Woodhead (Eds.), Süleyman the Magnificent and his Age (164-90). Longman

Süleyman the Magnificent and his Age: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World (1995)
Book
Woodhead, C., & Kunt, M. (Eds.). (1995). Süleyman the Magnificent and his Age: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World. Longman (Turkish and Polish translations 1998)

Ottoman historiography on the Hungarian campaigns: 1596 the Eger fethnamesi (1994)
Book Chapter
Woodhead, C. (1994). Ottoman historiography on the Hungarian campaigns: 1596 the Eger fethnamesi. In V. CIÉPO Sempozyumu (Ed.), Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of the Comité des Études Ottomanes et Pré-Ottomances (CIÉPO), at Pécs, Hungary, 1986 (469-77). Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu

Kuru kadı hikayesi: Peçevi, Ömer Seyfettin and the headless corpse (1993)
Journal Article
Woodhead, C. (1993). Kuru kadı hikayesi: Peçevi, Ömer Seyfettin and the headless corpse