This dissertation is concerned with the interaction between the Ottoman state and the institution of the Greek Orthodox Church from the mid-fifteenth to the sixteenth century. Attention is directed towards the Church's transformation from a Byzantine state sponsored religious an…
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The present study will examine the identity of the Coptic Christian community of Egypt during the latter years of the Ayyubid dynasty (1171-1250 CE) in that area. In particular, it will consider the context surrounding the patriarchate of Cyril III Ibn Laqlaq, whose archived cor…
This dissertation analyzes relations between the Ottoman state and its non-Muslim subjects in late seventeenth-century Istanbul and Rumelia through the conversion experiences of Christians and Jews. In some instances in Rumelia and in palace circles Sultan Mehmed IV and his moth…