| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 261 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Cover; The Sultanś Renegades: Christian-European Converts to Islam and the Making of the Ottoman Elite, 1575-1610; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Figures; Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; TRANSLITERATION; PLACE NAMES; DATES; Introduction; Of conversion, shared worlds and imperial rivalries; Trans-imperial subjects, 'identity', and loyalty; Sources; Methodology; Chapter outline; 1: An Elite of Converts; Turks, Ottomans, Rumis, and renegades; The make-up of the Ottoman military-administrative elite |
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Meritocracy, households, and the importance of connectionsTransformations; 2: ̀Turning Turk, ́ Becoming anOttoman Muslim; Conversion, religious and cultural; Captivity and conversion; Voluntary migration; Legal implications and social dimensions; Conclusion; 3: A Change of Heart or a Change of Hat?; Ladislaus Mörthś life before conversion; Confessionalizing rhetoric; Religious indifferentism; Orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and the issue of sincerity; Conclusion; 4: In the Sultanś Service; Recruitment and integration; Useful skills and useful knowledge; Intelligence and (dis)information |
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Embeddedness in trans-imperial networksMaking sense of renegade networks; Conclusion; 5: Mobilizing Trans-Imperial Ties; Staying in touch; Protection, patronage, and prestige; The Cigala family as trans-imperial nobility; An ̀Italian ́phenomenon?; (Un)likely allies; Renegades and Austrian-Habsburgintelligence; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS CITED; PUBLISHED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY LITERATURE; Index |
| Summary |
Examines why the figure of the renegade-a European Christian or Jew who had converted to Islam and was now serving the Ottoman sultan-is omnipresent in writings on the fifteenth to seventeenth century Ottoman Empire, when the Ottoman sultans posed a major political, military, and ideological challenge to Christian princes in Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index |
| Notes |
This is the first volume to comprehensively place renegades in context of Ottoman elite society. It offers a transcultural perspective on religious polarization and confessionalization, while exploring its significance from a geographic, political, and linguistic perspective. Finally, it studies contacts between renegades and Christian Europeans as well as Christian-European rulers and their representatives |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 10, 2017) |
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Muslim converts from Christianity -- Turkey -- History
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Muslim converts from Judaism -- Turkey -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Muslim converts from Christianity
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Muslim converts from Judaism
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| SUBJECT |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802
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| Subject |
Turkey
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192509031 |
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0192509039 |
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9780192509048 |
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0192509047 |
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9780191833908 |
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0191833908 |
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