Nil Tekgül, Emotions in the Ottoman Empire: Politics, Society and Family in the Early Modern Era. London: Bloomsbury, 2023. 192 Pages

The study of the history of emotions has blossomed since 2000, but there has been a pronounced Western focus to much of it, and that trend remains. Books such as Nil Tekgül’s are especially welcome in the field as they serve multiple significant functions in the broader historiography. What is most valuable here are the glimpses at a sense of relationality within the emotional regime.