Leading scholars in the field examine the rise of Turkish power in Anatolia from 1071 to 1453.

1. Introduction Kate Fleet; 2. The Byzantine Empire from the eleventh to the fifteenth century Julian Chrysostomides; 3. Anatolia under the Mongols Charles Melville; 4. Anatolia 1300-1451 Rudi Paul Lindner; 5. The incorporation of the Balkans into the Ottoman Empire 1353-1453 Machiel Kiel; 6. Ottoman warfare Pál Fodor; 7. The Turkish economy 1071-1453 Kate Fleet; 8. Art and architecture 1300-1453 Howard Crane; 9. Social, cultural and intellectual life 1071-1453 Ahmet Yäar Ocak.