The Ottoman and the Spanish Empires, in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

ISBN: 9781330955796 出版年：2016 页码：120 Leopold von Ranke Forgotten Books

If we inquire what were the bases on which rested the essential strength and energy of this empire, and therewith the success of its efforts, our attention will be arrested by three things, viz. The feudal system, the institution of slavery, and the position of the supreme head.