POSTCLASSICAL DEFTEROLOGY

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Pavlović, M. (2015). POSTCLASSICAL DEFTEROLOGY: POSSIBILITIES OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY OTTOMAN STUDIES, (26), 66-81. Retrieved from http://istrazivanja.ff.uns.ac.rs/index.php/istr/article/view/1548
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Title

POSTCLASSICAL DEFTEROLOGY

Subtitle

POSSIBILITIES OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY OTTOMAN STUDIES

Author

Miroslav, Pavlović

Journal

ISTRAŽIVANJA, Јournal of Historical Researches

Volume
Issue

26

Start page

66

End page

81

ISSN

2406-1131

ISBN
DOI
URL

http://istrazivanja.ff.uns.ac.rs/index.php/istr/article/view/1548

Date

2015-2020/01/21/12:26:27

Abstract

By indicating general problems of the studies of defterology in contemporary Ottoman studies, this paper aims at elaborating the principles of postclassical defterology, which is connected with the transition period of the Ottoman Empire. By presenting the existing scientific achievements and focusing on the very procedure of making inventories, the paper defines the access framework for the study of Ottoman inventory books – the defters. Postclassical defterology is defined through the process of fiscal transformation and specific parameters that characterize the existing historiographical research. The case study of defters for the Smederevo sanjak from 1741 is used to illustrate the classic model of postclassical methodology. Special attention was focused on the issue of credibility which burdens the modern approach to defterology. The problem of fictitious archive material is isolated as the dominant paradigm of all further socio-economic studies of postclassical defterology.

Keywords

defterology, Ottoman studies, tahrir defters, the 18th century, the Ottoman Empire, the Smederevo sanjak