The Ottoman Empire was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious state
encompassing most of the modern Middle East and for much of its
600-year existence managed to rule its diverse peoples effectively.
The study of minorities in the Ottoman Empire traditionally has had
a narrow, statecentered focus or has ignored the state completely.
Religious diversity has been examined in terms of institutions
imposed by the state while communal histories have presented a
picture of self-regulating and autonomous communities divorced from
their Ottoman context. The authors of this book move beyond these
approaches and instead seek to explore the unknown terrain that
falls between the internal life of the community and the formal
structures of the state. Topics in this volume include the fiscal
functions of territorial communities on the Greek mainland in the
18th century; the use of Islamic courts by the religious minorities
of Istanbul; the relationship of religion and urban segregation in
Damascus; and the life of a Jewish educator in Edirne in the 19th
century.
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