British-Ottoman relations, 1661-1807 : commerce and diplomatic practice in eighteenth-century Istanbul / Michael Talbot.

Author
Talbot, Michael (Historian) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Description
xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    "The British Embassy in Istanbul was unique among other diplomatic missions in the long eighteenth century in being financed by a private commercial monopoly, the Levant Company. In this detailed study, Michael Talbot shows how the intimate relation between commercial interest and diplomatic practice played out across the period, from the arrival of an ambassador from the restored British crown in 1661 to the sudden evacuation of his successor and the outbreak of the first Ottoman War in 1807. Using a rich variety of sources in English, Ottoman Turkish and Italian, some of them never before examined, including legal documents, financial ledgers and first-hand accounts from participants, he reconstructs the detail of diplomatic practice in rituals of gift-giving and hospitality within the Ottoman court; examines the at times very different meanings that they held for the British and Ottoman participants; and traces the ways in which the declining fortunes of the Levant company directly affected the ability of the embassy to perform effectively within Ottoman conventions, at a time when rising levels of British violence in and around the Ottoman realm marked the journey towards British imperialism in the region."--Back cover.
    Notes
    Based on the author's dissertation at the School of Oriental and African Studies [London, England].
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction. De/re-constructing the history of British-Ottoman relations
    • The framework of relations
    • The office of ambassador
    • Trade and diplomatic finances
    • Gift-giving
    • Diplomacy as performance
    • Negotiating disputes
    • Conclusions. De/re-constructing British-Ottoman diplomacy.
    Other title(s)
    Commerce and diplomatic practice in eighteenth-century Istanbul
    ISBN
    • 1783272023 ((hardcover))
    • 9781783272020 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017304732
    OCLC
    961002064
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