Phanariot Tongues: The Mavrocordatos Family and the Power of the Turkish Language in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Empire
The Phanariots — Grecophone Christian elites who ruled the Danubian principalities in the eighteenth century — were the only non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire who claimed power by virtue of their command of the Turkish language. Why were they the rare exception and what does their story reveal about...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Oriente moderno
Year: 2021, Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-220 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Language B Enlightenment B Phanariots B Mavrocordatos B Greek B Ottoman Empire B bureaucrats B Early Modern B Turkish |
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