Week 3 : Ottoman Conquest
of the Balkans
January 25-27
The army of Ottoman
Sultan Murad I battles the Serbs [at Kosovo]. From Jean Froissart, Chronicles,
fol. 82 v; produced in Bruges 15th century; currently in the Bibliotheque
Nationale, Francais, FR 2645.
Please read Adshead
or Sugar; Inalcik is optional. Submit form on article read. Due Sunday
January 30.
Read also: Imber,
pp. 8-17 and 87-127; Goffman, pp. 37-51.
-
S. A. M
Adshead , "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" from his
Central Asia in World History. Study guide for
Adshead .
- Halil
Inalcik , "The Conquest of Edirne (1361)," in Archivum Ottomanicum,
III/1971, 185-210. Study guide for
Inalcik .
- Peter
Sugar , "The Early History and the Establishment of the Ottomans
in Europe," from his Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804.
Study guide for
Sugar .