Christian networks in the Ottoman Empire : a transnational history / Yura Konstantinova and Eleonora Naxidou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konstantinova, I︠U︡ra, author.

Naxidou, Eleonōra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate)--History.

Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate).

Orthodox Eastern Church--Turkey--History.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Christians--Social networks--Turkey--History.

Christians.

Christians--Social networks--Balkan Peninsula--History.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Central European University Press 2024.

Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book, edited by Eleonora Naxidou and Yura Konstantinova, explores the significant role of Orthodox Christian networks in the Ottoman Empire from the late seventeenth century to World War I. It examines the political, economic, social, and cultural contributions of these networks to the empire's development and their influence on the broader Balkan region. The collection of scholarly articles employs network analysis to explore various aspects, such as commercial, consular, educational, religious, and revolutionary dynamics. The volume highlights the interactions between internal and external networks and their impact on the formation of nation-states and the spread of national ideas. It is intended for scholars and readers interested in the history of Southeastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Front matter

Half title

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of Maps, Tables, and Illustrations

Introduction

Part I Internal Networks and Their Trans-Balkan Expansion

Chapter 1 Commercial Networks in the Balkans (Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries)

Chapter 2 Local Elites and Provincial Administration: Social Networks in the Province of Nish in the Early Tanzimat Era

Chapter 3 Trade Networks in the Danube Region in the 1840s: The Case of Apostolos Arsakis

Chapter 4 Tracing Ideological Networks in Newspapers: Alexander Battenberg's Trip to Greece and the Balkan Federation (1883)

Chapter 5 Albanian Orthodox Intellectuals and Dilemmas of Discourses: Networks, Mentalities, and National Narratives (Late Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries)

Chapter 6 Revolutionary and Paramilitary Networks in European Turkey: Ideological and Political Counteractions and Interactions (1878-1908)

Part II External Networks and Their Intra-Balkan Connections

Chapter 7 Establishing Consular Networks in the Balkans: An Overview

Chapter 8 Consular Jurisdiction and the Rise of Nation-States in the "Long" Nineteenth Century

Chapter 9 A Balkan Network of Liberal Thinkers and Their Federal Ideas (1860-1870)

Chapter 10 Propagating the Gospel among "Nominal Christians": American Protestant Missionaries in the Nineteenth- Century Ottoman Balkans

Chapter 11 Between Politics and Charity: Russian Material Aid to the Balkan Orthodox Churches (1830-1877)

Chapter 12 Trade Networks and Political Influence: Russia and the Bulgarian Merchants

Conclusion

Contributors

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9789633867761

9633867762

9789633867778

9633867770

1-003-71878-7

963-386-776-2

963-386-777-0

9781003718789

OCLC:

1453210890