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.
The second Ottoman Empire : political and social transformation in the early modern world by Baki Tezcan. ISBN 9780521519496. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.