Rumeli under the Ottomans, 15th-18th Centuries : : Institutions and Communities / / Rossitsa Gradeva.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gradeva, Rossitsa,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)

Gradeva’s book is a collection of articles on the Ottoman Balkans which look at the administrative structures and inter-communal relations of the region.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. The Ottomans -- ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CENTRAL BALKAN TERRITORIES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 15th century -- THE ACTIVITIES OF A KADI COURT IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUMELI: THE CASE OF HACIOGLU PAZARCIK -- ON KADIS OF SOFIA, 16th - 17th centuries -- WAR AND PEACE ALONG THE DANUBE: VIDIN AT THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- RESEARCHING THE PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSLIM CULTURE IN BULGARIA: THE 'POPULAR' AND 'HIGH' LAYERS -- II. The Subjects -- ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN THE KADI COURTS: THE PRACTICE OF THE SOFIA SHERIAT COURT, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- TURKS AND BULGARIANS, FOURTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES -- TURKS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BULGARIAN LITERATURE: HISTORICAL ROOTS OF PRESENT-DAY ATTITUDES IN BULGARIA -- JEWS AND OTTOMAN AUTHORITY IN THE BALKANS: THE CASES OF SOFIA, VIDIN AND RUSÇUK, 15th-17th centuries -- APOSTASY IN RUMELI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- OTTOMAN POLICY TOWARDS CHRISTIAN CHURCH BUILDINGS