| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 423 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 26 |
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Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 26.
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| Contents |
Foreword; A note on transliteration and the use of various languages; Chapter One: The Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople and the End of the Byzantine Community; Chapter Two: The Ottoman State and the Jews of Istanbul; The Legal Status ofthe Jews; The De Facto Status of the Jews; The Istanbuli Merchant Goes Abroad; How the Jews of Istanbul Related to the Ottoman State; Chapter Three: Immigration and the Making of a Community; The Romaniots; The Spanish Expellees; Immigration from Portugal and Christian Lands; The Ashkenazi Jews; Chapter Four: Demographics |
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Chapter Five: Geographical History of the CommunityRomaniot Settlement Patterns in Istanbul after the Ottoman Conquest; The Impact of Iberian Immigrationon the Geography of the Jewish Community ; Chapter Six: Patterns of Organization; The Ottoman Town and the Jewish Community; The Romaniot Congregations; The Emergence of the Iberian Congregations; Tension between the Community's Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces; Chapter Seven: Inter-Ethnic Encounters; Sephardization of the Jewish Community: Dimensions and Limits ; Iberian Jews and the Spanish Nation |
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Chapter Eight: Patterns of Social Behavior: The FamilyCrisis and Tradition; Formation of the Jewish Household; The Goal of Marriage; Marriage and Jewish Family Law; Age at Marriage and Its Cultural Meaning; The Preferable Choice; Betrothal and the Encounter of Cultures; The Extended Household and Its Limitations; Second and Third Marriages; Polygamy; Levirate Marriage; Divorce; Deserted Women; Parenthood and Child Rearing; Education; Female children ; Attitudes toward chiI; Slaves and Servants in the Jewish Household; Summary; Chapter Nine: Social Stratification: Wealth and Poverty |
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Jewish Courtiers: Relationship between Power and WealthRich and Poor; Pedigree and Scholarship; Chapter Ten: Economic Life; The Ottoman Setting; Between the Settlement of the Romaniots and the Influx of the Sephardim (1453-1492) ; Economic Activity after the Settlement of the Iberian Jews; Conclusion; Chapter Eleven: Elite Culture and Popular Culture; Culture of the Elite, or Elite Culture?; Between the Saintly and the Profane; Popular Culture; The Book Market; The Performing Arts; Leisure Time; Conclusion ; Chapter Twelve: Relations with Ottoman Society ; Ways and Means of Contact |
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Jewish Assimilation of Ottoman Mores Language ; Performing Arts; Clothing ; Objects ; Conclusion ; Documents ; A. Between the Jewish Collective and the Government; B. Individual, Congregation, Community ; C. Between Karaites and Rabbinites: Who Owns Wisdom? ; D. Marranos Who Returned to Judaism ; E. Family ; F. Economic Life ; Bibliography ; Index ; Names ; Places ; Subjects ; Addenda ; ILLUSTRATIONS ; Figures ; 1. Map of Constantinople before the Ottoman Conquest ; 2. Unmarried young Jewish woman from Edirne ; 3. Turkish woman ""of medium means"" indoors ; 4. Turkish lady of leisure |
| Summary |
This volume presents the transformation of the Greek-speaking Jewish community of Byzantine Constantinople into an Ottoman, ethnically diversified immigrant community. As the Ottomans influenced its cultural and social values, the community strived to preserve its boundaries with the surrounding society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-399) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 15th century
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Jews -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 16th century
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HISTORY -- Jewish.
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Ethnic relations
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Jews
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Jüdische Gemeinde
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Joden.
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| SUBJECT |
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Turkey -- Istanbul
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Istanbul
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004215726 |
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9004215727 |
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