INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. I. The Danube Frontier
5. OSMAN PAZVANTOĞLU OF VIDIN: BETWEEN OLD AND NEW 11
6. SECESSION AND REVOLUTION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY: OSMAN PAZVANTOĞLU AND RHIGAS VELESTINLIS 51
7. SHIPPING ALONG THE LOWER COURSE OF THE DANUBE, (end of 17^th century) 75
8. II. Ottoman Justice and Administration
9. ON THE JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF KADI COURTS: GLIMPSES FROM SOFIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 101
10. ON JUDICIAL HIERARCHY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: THE CASE OF SOFIA, SEVENTEENTH - BEGINNING OF EIGTHEENTH CENTURY 151
11. ON ZIMMIS AND CHURCH BUILDINGS: FOUR CASES FROM RUMELI 179
12. III. Everyday Life
13. TOWARDS A PORTRAIT OF 'THE RICH' IN OTTOMAN PROVINCIAL SOCIETY: SOFIA IN THE 1670S 215
14. ON 'FRENK' OBJECTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE IN OTTOMAN BALKANS: THE CASE OF SOFIA, MID-17TH - MID-18TH CENTURIES 269
15. VILLAGERS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: THE CASE OF CHERVENA VODA, SEVENTEENTH TO THE BEGINNING OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 299
16. OTTOMAN AND BULGARIAN SOURCES ON EARTHQUAKES IN CENTRAL BALKAN LANDS, (17th - 18th CENTURIES 321