The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır /

The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır /

In this ground-breaking work on the Ottoman town of Manastir (Bitola), Robert Mihajlovski, provides a detailed account of the development of Islamic, Christian and Sephardic religious architecture and culture as it manifested in the town and precincts. Originally a town on the edge of the Via Egnati...

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Main Author: Mihajlovski, Robert (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 153.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

Subjects:

Buildings.
Civilization.
Ethnic relations.
Bitola (North Macedonia) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Bitola (North Macedonia) > Civilization.
Bitola (North Macedonia) > Ethnic relations.
Bitola (North Macedonia) > History.
Bitola (North Macedonia) > Religious life and customs.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

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Call Number: DR2285.B57 DR2285.B57 M54 2021

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Note on Pronunciation
  • Introduction
  • A Geographical Note
  • An Overview of Pre-Ottoman Christian Cultural History
  • 1 The Conquering Church
  • 2 Days and Deeds of Heraclean Bishops
  • 3 Peripheral Ecclesiastical Centres
  • 4 Evangelization of the Slavs
  • 5 Sectarians and Separatists
  • 6 The "Bitola Inscription"
  • 7 The Byzantine Reconquista
  • 8 Crushed between the East and the West
  • 9 Filling the Vacuum
  • 1 Pax Ottomana in Toli Manastır (1385-1808)
  • 1 The Ottoman Conquest
  • 2 The Development of Toli Manastır
  • 3 From a Provincial Town to an Administrative Centre
  • 4 Survey of the Mosques of Toli Manastır
  • 5 The Other Benefitiaries
  • 2 Christianity in Ottoman Manastır (1385-1767)
  • 1 Continuity Unchallenged
  • 2 The Cult of the God-Bearer Pelagonitissa
  • 3 The Revitalization of Christianity in Manastır
  • 4 Regional Church Heritage
  • 5 Literacy and Diplomacy
  • 6 The Early Church of St. Demetrios
  • 7 Further Regional Church Heritage
  • 8 The Prelates on Record
  • 9 Vindication and Revival
  • 10 In the Middle of Controlled Demolition
  • 11 Some Welcome Immigrants
  • 3 The Sephardic Jews of Manastır (1497-1808)
  • 1 Early Judaism in the Balkans
  • 2 Medieval Jewry
  • 3 The Sephardic Exodus
  • 4 The Sephardim in Manastır
  • 5 The Shabbatai Tsvi Controversy and Beyond
  • 6 The Dawn of a New Era
  • 4 The Ottoman Capital of Turquie D'europe
  • 1 The Historical Background: From the Time of Ali Paşa until the First Balkan War in 1912
  • 2 The Urban Development and Topography of the Town
  • 3 The Religious and Cultural Traditions of the Ottoman Muslim Population in Manastır during the 19th Century
  • 4 The Ottoman Christians of Bitola/Manastır during the 19th Century
  • 5 The Sephardic Jewish Community of Bitola/Manastır between 1800 and 1943
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Personal and Place Names.