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Managing Religious Diversity in the Ottoman Empire

Experiences of Istanbul Armenians in the Nineteenth Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book makes extensive use of Ottoman archival documents and Armenian sources to examine the changing arrangements between the Ottoman state and non-Muslim religious authorities from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, focusing on Armenians, the second-largest non-Muslim community in the empire. Specifically, it discusses how the ruling circles of the empire reinforced their reliance on non-Muslim religious authorities at the turn of the eighteenth century, and attempted to limit the influence of non-Muslim clergymen and restrict the scope of non-Muslim communal activity from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. The book also highlights the responses of the Armenian lay and ecclesiastical elites in Istanbul, who did not sit back and watch as their rights and privileges were curtailed. Rather, they sought ways to protect and even expand their collective rights and find their place in the multireligious empire, both as individuals and as members of a religious community.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-04-30
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEdinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire
Antal sidor240
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399542616

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PrefaceNote on Transliteration and Dates Introduction: Multireligious Empire, Christian Armenians and Politicisation of Religion1. Cooperation against the Religion of the Pope2. Participation of Lay Elites in Community Administration3. The Promises of the Tanzimat Reforms4. The Armenian Church and Transimperial Politics5. Negotiating the Scope of Communal Affairs6. The Legacy of the Tanzimat ReformsConclusion: Rediscovering the Religious PrivilegesBibliography

Dr. Ueno’s book is a meticulous study of the Ottoman governance of Christians in a period when the age-old hierarchies were transformed and religious institutions were rebuilt. Based on immense research and novel comparative perspective, it convincingly demonstrates Armenian elites’ struggle for participating in the Ottoman imperial system before the extermination of their nation during World War I.