The European Tributary States of the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Ottoman Empire and it's Heritage: Politics, Society and Economy, 53)

__The European Tributary States__ is the first attempt to give a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences in the Ottoman Empire’s relationship to Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Ragusa, the Crimean Khanate as well as the Cossack Hetmanate. The European Tributary States Is The First Attempt To Give A Comprehensive Overview Of The Similarities And Differences In The Ottoman Empire's Relationship To Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Ragusa, The Crimean Khanate As Well As The Cossack Hetmanate. Section One. The Legal Status Of The Ottoman Tributaries -- The Legal And Political Status Of Wallachia And Moldavia In Relation To The Ottoman Porte / Viorel Panaite -- Sovereignty And Subordination In Crimean-ottoman Relations (sixteenth-eighteenth Centuries) / Natalia Krolikowska -- Between Vienna And Constantinople : Notes On The Legal Status Of The Principality Of Transylvania / Terez Oborni -- Janus-faced Sovereignty : The International Status Of The Ragusan Republic In The Early Modern Period / Lovro Kuncevic -- Cossack Ukraine In And Out Of Ottoman Orbit, 1648-1681 / Victor Ostapchuk -- Section Two. The Diplomacy Of The Tributary States In The Ottoman System -- Sovereignty And Representation : Tributary States In The Seventeenth-century Diplomatic System Of The Ottoman Empire / Gabor Karman -- Diplomatic Relations Between The Ottoman Empire And The Republic Of Dubrovnik / Vesna Miovic -- Enemies Within : Networks Of Influence And The Military Revolts Against The Ottoman Power (moldavia And Wallachia, Sixteenth-seventeenth Centuries) / Radu G. Paun -- Section Three. Military Cooperation Between The Ottoman Empire And Its Tributaries -- The Friend Of My Friend And The Enemy Of My Enemy : Romanian Participation In Ottoman Campaigns / Ovidiu Cristea -- The Military Co-operation Of The Crimean Khanate With The Ottoman Empire In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries / Maria Ivanics -- Splendid Isolation? The Military Cooperation Of The Principality Of Transylvania With The Ottoman Empire (1571-1688) In The Mirror Of The Hungarian Historiography's Dilemmas / Janos B. Szabo -- The Defensive System Of The Ragusan Republic (c. 1580-1620) / Domagoj Madunic -- Section Four. Instead Of A Conclusion: On The Compositeness Of The Empire -- The System Of Autonomous Muslim And Christian Communities, Churches, And States In The Ottoman Empire / Sandor Papp -- What Is Inside And What Is Outside? Tributary States In Ottoman Politics / Dariusz Kolodziejczyk. Edited By Gabor Karman And Lovro Kuncevic. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 5 Introduction 11 Section One The Legal Status of the Ottoman Tributaries 17 The Legal and Political Status of Wallachia and Moldavia in Relation to the Ottoman Porte 19 Sovereignty and Subordination in Crimean-Ottoman Relations (Sixteenth–Eighteenth Centuries) 53 Between Vienna and Constantinople: Notes on the Legal Status of the Principality of Transylvania 77 Janus-faced Sovereignty: The International Status of the Ragusan Republic in the Early Modern Period 101 Cossack Ukraine In and Out of Ottoman Orbit, 1648–1681 133 Section Two The Diplomacy of the Tributary States in the Ottoman System 163 Sovereignty and Representation: Tributary States in the Seventeenth-century Diplomatic System of the Ottoman Empire 165 Enemies Within: Networks of Influence and the Military Revolts against the Ottoman Power (Moldavia and Wallachia, Sixteenth–Seventeenth Centuries) 219 Section Three Military Cooperation between the Ottoman Empire and Its Tributaries 261 The Friend of My Friend and the Enemy of My Enemy: Romanian Participation in Ottoman Campaigns 263 The Military Co-operation of the Crimean Khanate with the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 285 ‘Splendid Isolation’? The Military Cooperation of the Principality of Transylvania with the Ottoman Empire (1571–1688) in the Mirror of the Hungarian Historiography’s Dilemmas 311 The Defensive System of the Ragusan Republic (c. 1580–1620) 351 Section Four Instead of a Conclusion: On the “Compositeness” of the Empire 383 The System of Autonomous Muslim and Christian Communities, Churches, and States in the Ottoman Empire 385 What is Inside and What is Outside? Tributary States in Ottoman Politics 431 Notes on Contributors 443 Personal Names 449 Place Names 456 The European Tributary States of the Ottoman Empire is the first comprehensive overview of the empire's relationship to its various European tributaries, Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Ragusa, the Crimean Khanate and the Cossack Hetmanate. The volume focuses on three fundamental aspects of the empire's relationship with these polities: the various legal frameworks which determined their positions within the imperial system, the diplomatic contacts through which they sought to influence the imperial center, and the military cooperation between them and the Porte. Bringing together studies by eminent experts and presenting results of several less-known historiographical traditions, this volume contributes significantly to a deeper understanding of Ottoman power at the peripheries of the empire.