Le janissariat ou Au nom de l’Empire, au nom de la Nation, au nom du Parti, au nom de la Race !

From the Roman Praetorians to the Ottoman janizaries, through the mamelukes of Egypt, one single idea animated the empires: to constitute a corps of military groups specially selected and formed which could become the emperors guard and, more widely, participate in safeguarding the Empire.  In Balka...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frosa Pejoska-Bouchereau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d'Études Balkaniques 2008-12-01
Series:Cahiers Balkaniques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ceb/1499