Transilvani e Turchi ottomani intorno al 1500: testimonianze soggettive e contesti microstorici
Transylvanians and the Ottoman Turks around 1500: Subjective Testimonies and Microhistorical Contexts
Abstract
La pratica ottomana di catturare e imprigionare persone libere per riscatti o per venderle come schiavi creò una complessa rete di mediatori – negoziatori, amanuensi poliglotti, messaggeri, guide pagate e fideiussori – operanti tra la Transilvania e le città sotto controllo turco come Nicopoli e Adrianopoli tra la fine del Quattrocento e la prima metà del Cinquecento. Utilizzando metodi microstorici e testimonianze soggettive trovate in documenti privati, questo studio mira a riformulare la comprensione tradizionale dei contatti di frontiera tra cristiani e ottomani.
The Ottoman practice of capturing and imprisoning free people for ransom or slavery created a complex network of mediators – negotiators, scribes, messengers, guides, and bailsmen -operating between Transylvania and Turkish-controlled towns like Nicopolis and Adrianopole in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Using microhistorical methods and subjective testimonies found in private records, this paper seeks to reframe the traditional understanding of frontier contacts between Christians and Ottoman Turks.
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