TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peirce, Leslie P
TI  - The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire
SN  - 9780195086775 
U1  - 305.4209561 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Women -- Political activity -- Turkey -- History
KW  - Women -- Turkey -- Social conditions
N1  - 	Introduction: Myths and Realities of the HaremPart I: The Politics of Reproduction1. The House of Osman2. Wives and Concubines: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries3. The Age of the Favorite: 1520-15664. The Age of the Queen Mother: 1566-16565. The Imperial Harem InstitutionPart II. Women and Sovereign Power6. Shifting Images of Ottoman Sovereignty7. The Display of Sovereign Prerogative8. The Politics of Diplomacy9. The Exercise of Political PowerConclusion: Women, Sovereignty, and SocietyAppendix: Genealogical ChartsNotesBibliography
ER  -