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Chapter in book

• The gift of letters: correspondence between Nergisi and Veysi
  
  Woodhead, C. (2014). The gift of letters: correspondence between Nergisi and Veysi. In H. Aynur, B. Aydın, & M. B. Ülker (Eds.), Kitaplara vakfedilen bir ömre tuhfe İsmail E. Erünsal’a armağan (pp. 971-988). Ülke Yayınları.
• Poet, patron and padisah: the Ottoman sultan Murad III (1574-95)
  
  Woodhead, C. (2014). Poet, patron and padisah: the Ottoman sultan Murad III (1574-95). In G. E. Gasper & J. McKinnell (Eds.), Ambition and anxiety: courts and courtly discourse, c. 700-1600 (pp. 229-49). Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto.
• Writing to a Grand Vezir: Azmizade Efendi’s letters to Nasuh Paşa, 1611-1614
  
  Woodhead, C. (2013). Writing to a Grand Vezir: Azmizade Efendi’s letters to Nasuh Paşa, 1611-1614. In İpşirli M., F. M. Emecen, I. Keskin, & Ahmetbeyoğlu A. (Eds.), Osmanlı’nın izinde : Prof. Dr. Mehmed İpşirli armağanı. (pp. 485-492). Timaş.
• Scribal chaos? Observations on the post of re'isülküttab in the late sixteenth century
  
  Woodhead, C. (2006). Scribal chaos? Observations on the post of re’isülküttab in the late sixteenth century. In O. Özel & E. Kermeli (Eds.), The Ottoman Empire: Myths, Realities and ’Black Holes’. Istanbul, Isis Press.
• Estetik nesir [Literary prose]
  
  Woodhead, C. (2006). Estetik nesir [Literary prose]. In T. Halman (Ed.), Türk edebiyati tarihi (pp. 317-25). T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları.
• Murad III and the historians: representations of Ottoman imperial authority in late 16th century historiography
  
  Woodhead, C. (2005). Murad III and the historians: representations of Ottoman imperial authority in late 16th century historiography. In H. Karateke & M. Reinkowski (Eds.), Authority and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire (pp. 85-98). Leiden, Brill.
• Puff and patronage: Ottoman takriz-writing and literacy recommendation in the 17th century
  
  Woodhead, C. (2000). Puff and patronage: Ottoman takriz-writing and literacy recommendation in the 17th century. In C. Balim-Harding & C. Imber (Eds.), The Balance of Truth. Essays in Honour of Professor Geoffrey Lewis (pp. 395-406). Istanbul, Isis Press.
• The Ottoman gazaname: stylistic influences on the writing of campaign narratives
  
  Woodhead, C. (1999). The Ottoman gazaname: stylistic influences on the writing of campaign narratives. In K. Çiç&ek (Ed.), Great Ottoman Turkish Civilisation, III (pp. 55-60). Ankara, Yeni Türkiye.
• Perspectives on Süleyman
  
  Woodhead, C. (1995). Perspectives on Süleyman. In M. Kunt & C. Woodhead (Eds.), Süleyman the Magnificent and his Age (pp. 164-90). Longman.
• Ottoman historiography on the Hungarian campaigns: 1596 the Eger fethnamesi
  
  Woodhead, C. (1994). Ottoman historiography on the Hungarian campaigns: 1596 the Eger fethnamesi. In V. CIÉPO Sempozyumu (Ed.), Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of the Comité des Études Ottomanes et Pré-Ottomances (CIÉPO), at Pécs, Hungary, 1986 (pp. 469-77). Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu.
• Research on the Ottoman scribal service, c.1574-1630
  
  Woodhead, C. (1992). Research on the Ottoman scribal service, c.1574-1630. In C. Fragner & K. Schwarz (Eds.), Festgabe an Josef Matuz: Osmanistik - Turkologie - Diplomatik (pp. 311-28). Berlin, Klaus Schwarz Verlag.
• The Ottoman art of letter-writing: influences upon the career of the nişanci and prose-stylist Okçuzade (d.1630)
  
  Woodhead, C. (1988). The Ottoman art of letter-writing: influences upon the career of the nişanci and prose-stylist Okçuzade (d.1630). In I. Erunsal, C. Ferrard, & C. Woodhead (Eds.), Osmanli araştirmalari, VII-VIII (pp. 143-59).

Edited book

• The Ottoman world
  
  Woodhead, C. (Ed.). (2011). The Ottoman world. Routledge.
• Süleyman the Magnificent and his Age: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World
  
  Woodhead, C., & Kunt, M. (Eds.). (1995). Süleyman the Magnificent and his Age: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World. Longman (Turkish and Polish translations 1998).
• Osmanli araştirmalari (Journal of Ottoman Studies)
  
  Woodhead, C., Erünsal, I., & Farrard, C. (Eds.). (1988). Osmanli araştirmalari (Journal of Ottoman Studies). VII-VIII, Istanbul, Enderun Kitabevi.

Journal Article

• The Ottoman art of word-painting. Rhyme and reason in seventeenth-century Turkish literary letters
  
  Woodhead, C. (2023). The Ottoman art of word-painting. Rhyme and reason in seventeenth-century Turkish literary letters. The Seventeenth Century, 38(5), 885-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117x.2023.2223569
• Consolidating the empire: new views on Ottoman history 1453-1869
  
  Woodhead, C. (2008). Consolidating the empire: new views on Ottoman history 1453-1869. English Historical Review, 123, 973-87.
• Environment, communications and economy in the Ottoman Balkans and eastern Mediterranean
  
  Woodhead, C. (2008). Environment, communications and economy in the Ottoman Balkans and eastern Mediterranean. International Journal of Turkish Studies, 14, 117-22.
• Circles of correspondence: Ottoman letter-writing in the early seventeenth century
  
  Woodhead, C. (2007). Circles of correspondence: Ottoman letter-writing in the early seventeenth century. Journal of Turkish Literature, 4, 53-68.
• After Celalzade: the Ottoman nişancı c.1560-1700
  
  Woodhead, C. (2007). After Celalzade: the Ottoman nişancı c.1560-1700. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 23: A Festschrift for Colin Imber, supplement 23, 295-311.
• Reading Ottoman sehnames: official historiography in the late sixteenth century
  
  Woodhead, C. (2007). Reading Ottoman <I>sehnames: official historiography in the late sixteenth century. Studia Islamica, 104-105, 67-80.
• The history of an Historie: Richard Knolles' Generall Historie of the Turkes 1603-1700
  
  Woodhead, C. (2002). The history of an Historie: Richard Knolles’ Generall Historie of the Turkes 1603-1700. Journal of Turkish Studies, 26, 349-57.
• Kuru kadı hikayesi: Peçevi, Ömer Seyfettin and the headless corpse
  
  Woodhead, C. (1993). Kuru kadı hikayesi: Peçevi, Ömer Seyfettin and the headless corpse. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi [Konya], 7, 579-89.
• 'The present terrour of the world'? Contemporary views of the Ottoman empire, c.1600
  
  Woodhead, C. (1987). ’The present terrour of the world’? Contemporary views of the Ottoman empire, c.1600. History, 72, 20-37.
• An experiment in official historiography: the post of şehnameci in the Ottoman empire, c.1555-1605
  
  Woodhead, C. (1983). An experiment in official historiography: the post of şehnameci in the Ottoman empire, c.1555-1605. Wiener Zeitschrift für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, 75, 157-82.
• From scribe to littérateur: the career of a 16th-century Ottoman katib
  
  Woodhead, C. (1982). From scribe to littérateur: the career of a 16th-century Ottoman katib. Bulletin of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 9/1, 55-74.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Ta'liki-zade's Şehname-i hümayun: a history of the Ottoman campaign into Hungary 1593-94
  
  Woodhead, C. (1983). Ta’liki-zade’s Şehname-i hümayun: a history of the Ottoman campaign into Hungary 1593-94 [Dataset].