TY - BOOK AU - Tezcan,Baki TI - The second Ottoman Empire: political and social transformation in the early modern world T2 - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization SN - 9780521519496 (hbk.) PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Janizaries KW - History KW - Social change KW - Turkey KW - 17th century KW - 18th century KW - Democratization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Ottoman political history in the early modern period -- One market, one money, one law : the making of an imperial market society and a law that applies to all -- The question of succession : bringing the dynasty under legal supervision -- The court strikes back : the making of Ottoman absolutism -- A new empire for a second Osman : Osman II in power (1618-1622) -- The absolutist dispensation overturned : a regicide -- The second empire goes public : the age of the Janissaries -- Conclusion: Early modernity and the Ottoman decline ER -