Ransom slavery along the Ottoman borders : : early fifteenth-early eighteenth centuries / / edited by Géza Dávid and Pál Fodor.

• Superior document: Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 37
• TeilnehmendeR: Dávid, Géza.; Fodor, Pál.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2007.; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 37.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 253 pages) :; illustrations, maps
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Miraculous Escapes From Ottoman Captivity /; Litigations For Ottoman Prisoners Of War And The Siege Of Buzsin (1481, 1522) /; A List Of Ransom For Ottoman Captives Imprisoned In Croatian Castles (1492) /; Ransom Slavery Along The Ottoman– Hungarian Frontier In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries /; Freed Slaves As Soldiers In The Ottoman Fortresses In Hungary /; The Ransom Of Ali Bey Of Koppány. The Impact Of Capturing Slaves On Trade In Ottoman Hungary /; Catholic Missionaries As Turkish Prisoners In Ottoman Hungary In The Seventeenth Century /; A Muslim Captive’s Vicissitudes In Ottoman Hungary (Mid-Seventeenth Century) /; Ransoming Ottoman Slaves From Munich (1688) /; Manumitted Male Slaves At Galata And Istanbul Around 1700 /; Enslavement, Slave Labour And Treatment Of Captives In The Crimean Khanate /; Maltese Pirates, Ottoman Captives And French Traders In The Early Seventeenthcentury Mediterranean /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281921300; 9786611921309; 9047421612
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Géza Dávid and Pál Fodor.

Notwithstanding the spectacular upswing in the research, there are areas of Ottoman slavery that have still not received the attention they deserve. This volume intends to take a step towards bridging this gap. The twelve studies it contains are organised around connected themes: the hunt for, the trade in and the treatment of captives in the Balkans and in Central Europe. The area under scrutiny is focussed on Hungary, and some other border regions extending from the Crimea to Malta. It offers both an analytic and synthetic approach based on a great deal of so far unpublished Ottoman and European archival material. It not only examines Christian slavery in the Ottoman Empire, but also provides greater insight into the tribulations of Ottoman slaves in the Christian world and sheds light on the devastating effect of captive-related transactions on trade and sometimes on the financial position of whole communities.