Ransom Slavery Along the Ottoman Borders: (Early Fifteenth - Early Eighteenth Centuries) (Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage)

The volume is an ambitious attempt to give a comprehensive picture of trade in captives along the European borders of the Ottoman Empire, especially in Central Europe. It brings together a great deal of so far unpublished archival material and thus integrates a new area into the research. Notwithstanding The Spectacular Upswing In The Research, There Are Areas Of Ottoman Slavery That Have Still Not Received The Attention They Deserve. This Volume Intends To Take A Step Towards Bridging This Gap. The Twelve Studies It Contains Are Organised Around Connected Themes: The Hunt For, The Trade In And The Treatment Of Captives In The Balkans And In Central Europe. The Area Under Scrutiny Is Focussed On Hungary, And Some Other Border Regions Extending From The Crimea To Malta. It Offers Both An Analytic And Synthetic Approach Based On A Great Deal Of So Far Unpublished Ottoman And European Archival Material. It Not Only Examines Christian Slavery In The Ottoman Empire, But Also Provides Greater Insight Into The Tribulations Of Ottoman Slaves In The Christian World And Sheds Light On The Devastating Effect Of Captive-related Transactions On Trade And Sometimes On The Financial Position Of Whole Communities. -- Back Cover. Introduction ---- Miraculous Escapes From Ottoman Captivity --- Litigations For Ottoman Prisoners Of War And The Siege Of Buzsin (1481, 1522) --- A List Of Ransom For Ottoman Captives Imprisoned In Croatian Castles (1492) --- Ransom Slavery Along The Ottoman-hungarian Frontier In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries --- Freed Slaves As Soldiers In The Ottoman Fortresses In Hungary --- The Ransom Of Ali Bey Of Koppany. The Impact Of Capturing Slaves On Trade In Ottoman Hungary ---- Catholic Missionaries As Turkish Prisoners In Ottoman Hungary In The Seventeenth Century --- A Muslim Captive's Vicissitudes In Ottoman Hungary (mid-seventeenth Century) --- Ransoming Ottoman Slaves From Munich (1688) --- Manumitted Male Slaves At Galata And Istanbul Around 1700 --- Enslavement, Slave Labour And Treatment Of Captives In The Crimean Khanate --- Maltese Pirates, Ottoman Captives And French Traders In The Early Seventeenth-century Mediterranean. Edited By Géza Dávid And Pál Fodor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. CONTENTS ......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 12 ENIKO CSUKOVITS Miraculous escapes from Ottoman captivity......Page 22 ISTVÁN TRINGLI Litigations for Ottoman prisoners of war and the siege of Buzsin (1481, 1522)......Page 40 ÁRPÁD NÓGRÁDY A list of ransom for Ottoman captives imprisoned in Croatian castles (1492)......Page 48 GÉZA PÁLFFY Ransom slavery along the Ottoman– Hungarian frontier in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries......Page 56 KLÁRA HEGYI Freed slaves as soldiers in the Ottoman fortresses in Hungary......Page 106 FERENC SZAKÁLY The ransom of Ali bey of Koppány. The impact of capturing slaves on trade in Ottoman Hungary......Page 114 ISTVÁN GYÖRGY TÓTH Catholic missionaries as Turkish prisoners in Ottoman Hungary in the seventeenth century......Page 136 ZSUZSANNA J. ÚJVÁRY A Muslim captive's vicissitudes in Ottoman Hungary (mid-seventeenth century)......Page 162 JÁNOS J. VARGA Ransoming Ottoman slaves from Munich (1688)......Page 190 GÉZA DÁVID Manumitted male slaves at Galata and Istanbul around 1700......Page 204 MÁRIA IVANICS Enslavement, slave labour and treatment of captives in the Crimean Khanate......Page 214 PÁL FODOR Maltese pirates, Ottoman captives and French traders in the early seventeenthcentury Mediterranean......Page 242 INDEX......Page 260