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Title

Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire : a contribution to the history of the Balkans / Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov ; translated by Olga Apostolova ; edited by Donald Kenrick.

Author

Marushiakova, Elena.

Publication

Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press ; Paris : Centre de recherches tsiganes, c2001.

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Additional Authors

Popov, Veselin.

Description

108 p. : ill. maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Interface collection ; 22

Uniform Title

• T︠S︡iganite v Osmanskata imperii︠a︡. English
• Interface collection 22.

Alternative Title

T︠S︡iganite v Osmanskata imperii︠a︡.

Subject

• 1288-1918
• Romanies > Balkan Peninsula > History
• Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Balkans -- the second home of the Gypsies -- The beginning of the Gypsy migrations -- The first stage of migration -- The arrival of the Gypsies in the Balkans -- The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire -- The Gypsies in the Balkan states -- The Gypsies on the eve of the Ottoman invasion -- The rise and glory of the Ottoman Empire -- The Ottoman invasion of the Balkans -- Ottoman conquests and the building of the Empire -- Historical sources about the Gypsies in the Empire -- The Gypsies in the tax registers -- What we learn from the tax registers -- The Gypsies -- Christians and Muslims -- What were the names of the Gypsies? -- Law concerning the Gypsies in the province of Rumelia -- The Gypsy sanjak -- Gypsies in the Ottoman army -- The nomadic Gypsies -- Settling the Gypsies -- Sub-contracting the collection of taxes -- How Gypsies earned their living -- Conflicts with the law -- Loose women -- European travellers -- Civil status of the Gypsies -- Official legislation and everyday reality -- Gypsy migrations within the Balkans -- The decline and twilight of the Ottoman Empire -- The crisis in the Empire and its prolonged agony -- Historical sources about the Gypsies -- The evidence of Johan Kempelen -- Demographic data -- The Gypsies and the time of reform -- Mustafa Shibil -- The nomadic Gypsies -- The Gypsy farmworkers -- The Gypsy musicians -- Gypsy crafts -- A Gypsy proletariat -- The national revival of the Balkan people -- The Gypsy poll-tax in Serbia -- The Gypsies and the religious institutions -- Attitudes towards the Gypsies -- The beginning of Gypsy emancipation -- The first Romani poet? -- The slavery of the Gypsies in Wallachia and Moldavia -- The Gypsy migrations -- The end of the Ottoman Empire -- The horror of Kosovo: the legacy of the Ottomans.

ISBN

1902806026

OCLC

• 47631276
• SCSB-11483655

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library