Author
Costantini, Vera., Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941-, Koller, Markus.
Publication Date
2008
Publication Place
Boston -
Brill
Subject
Religious minorities > Mediterranean Region > History. | Religious minorities > Turkey > History. | Mediterranean Region > History. | Mediterranean Region > Religion. | Turkey > Foreign economic relations. | Turkey > Foreign relations. | Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. | Turkey > History.
Type
Book
Language
deu,eng
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource.
Library
American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID
Unknown
Record ID
40013
Library Location
ARCE Library
Date
2008
Notes
"Publications by Suraiya Faroqhi": pages [479]-488.
Includes bibliographical references and index. | This book dedicated to Suraiya Faroqhi shows that the early modern world was not only characterized by its having been split up into states with closed frontiers. Writing history "from the bottom", by treating the Ottoman Empire and other countries as "subjects of history", reduces the importance of political borders for doing historical research. Each social, economic and religious group had its own world-view and in most of the cases the borders of these communities were not identical with the political frontiers. Regarding the Ottoman Empire and the other early modern states as systems of different ecumenical communities rather than only as political units offers a different approach to a better understanding of the various ways in which their subjects interacted. In this context the term ecumenical community designates social, religious and economic groups building up cross-border communities. Different ecumenical communities overlapped within the boundaries of a state or in a specific area and gave them their distinctive characters. This festschrift for Suraiya Faroqhi aims to describe some of the close contacts between various ecumenical communities within and beyond the Ottoman borders.
Sample Text
This book dedicated to Suraiya Faroqhi shows that the early modern world was not only characterized by its having been split up into states with closed frontiers. Writing history "from the bottom", by treating the Ottoman Empire and other countries as "subjects of history", reduces the importance of political borders for doing historical research. Each social, economic and religious group had its own world-view and in most of the cases the borders of these communities were not identical with the political frontiers. Regarding the Ottoman Empire and the other early modern states as systems of different ecumenical communities rather than only as political units offers a different approach to a better understanding of the various ways in which their subjects interacted. In this context the term ecumenical community designates social, religious and economic groups building up cross-border communities. Different ecumenical communities overlapped within the boundaries of a state or in a specific area and gave them their distinctive characters. This festschrift for Suraiya Faroqhi aims to describe some of the close contacts between various ecumenical communities within and beyond the Ottoman borders.
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Seri
The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage39.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223035.
