INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
3. INTRODUCTION 9
4. I. The Ottomans
5. ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CENTRAL BALKAN TERRITORIES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 15th century 23
6. THE ACTIVITIES OF A KADI COURT IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUMELI: THE CASE OF HACIOGLU PAZARCIK 53
7. ON KADIS OF SOFIA, 16th - 17th centuries 67
8. WAR AND PEACE ALONG THE DANUBE: VIDIN AT THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 107
9. RESEARCHING THE PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSLIM CULTURE IN BULGARIA: THE 'POPULAR' AND 'HIGH' LAYERS 133
10. II. The Subjects
11. ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN THE KADI COURTS: THE PRACTICE OF THE SOFIA SHERIAT COURT, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 165
12. TURKS AND BULGARIANS, FOURTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 195
13. TURKS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BULGARIAN LITERATURE: HISTORICAL ROOTS OF PRESENT-DAY ATTITUDES IN BULGARIA 217
14. JEWS AND OTTOMAN AUTHORITY IN THE BALKANS: THE CASES OF SOFIA, VIDIN AND RUSÇUK, 15th-17th centuries 225
15. APOSTASY IN RUMELI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 287
16. OTTOMAN POLICY TOWARDS CHRISTIAN CHURCH BUILDINGS 339