Between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic – The Bay of Kotor and the Montenegrin coast in the early modern and modern times
Abstract
The article examines the multiculturaluity of the city of Kotor and its extended area. The Bay of Kotor and the Adriatic coast of present day Montenegro were divided between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic from the beginning of 15th to the close of 18th century. The area was populated by people of various religious confessions, who lived under extremely complex circumstances. In the Bay of Kotor, an area under the rule of the Venetian Republic which lay deep in Turkish territory, Catholics were the majority, followed by the Orthodox. The Turks, who had conquered the southern part of the coast and almos the entire territory of Montenegro, were the majority in the city of Bar, the see of the ancient Archbishopric of Bar, as well as in the cities of Risan and Herceg Novi, in the northern part of the Bay of Kotor. Under Ottoman government a Jewish community thrived in those cities. Boundaries between them had an ambiguous character, which in those circumstances promoted social... and cultural interaction that is documented in municipal and ecclesiastical archives.
Keywords:
Bay of Kotor / Venetian Republic / Ottoman Empire / Catolics / Orthodox / Turks / Jews / Kotor / Perast / Old Bar / Herceg NoviSource:
International Conference – Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negrev (20-23. June 2011), in: El Prezente. Studies in Sephardic Culture, vol. 7, Menorah. Collection of Papers, vol. 3: Common Culture and Particular Identities: Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Balkans, 2013, 225-232Publisher:
- Moshe David Gaon Center for Landino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade
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Institution/Community
Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtTY - CONF AU - Brajović, Saša PY - 2013 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4449 AB - The article examines the multiculturaluity of the city of Kotor and its extended area. The Bay of Kotor and the Adriatic coast of present day Montenegro were divided between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic from the beginning of 15th to the close of 18th century. The area was populated by people of various religious confessions, who lived under extremely complex circumstances. In the Bay of Kotor, an area under the rule of the Venetian Republic which lay deep in Turkish territory, Catholics were the majority, followed by the Orthodox. The Turks, who had conquered the southern part of the coast and almos the entire territory of Montenegro, were the majority in the city of Bar, the see of the ancient Archbishopric of Bar, as well as in the cities of Risan and Herceg Novi, in the northern part of the Bay of Kotor. Under Ottoman government a Jewish community thrived in those cities. Boundaries between them had an ambiguous character, which in those circumstances promoted social and cultural interaction that is documented in municipal and ecclesiastical archives. PB - Moshe David Gaon Center for Landino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev PB - Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade C3 - International Conference – Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negrev (20-23. June 2011), in: El Prezente. Studies in Sephardic Culture, vol. 7, Menorah. Collection of Papers, vol. 3: Common Culture and Particular Identities: Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Balkans T1 - Between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic – The Bay of Kotor and the Montenegrin coast in the early modern and modern times EP - 232 SP - 225 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4449 ER -
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Brajović, S.. (2013). Between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic – The Bay of Kotor and the Montenegrin coast in the early modern and modern times. in International Conference – Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negrev (20-23. June 2011), in: El Prezente. Studies in Sephardic Culture, vol. 7, Menorah. Collection of Papers, vol. 3: Common Culture and Particular Identities: Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Balkans Moshe David Gaon Center for Landino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev., 225-232. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4449
Brajović S. Between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic – The Bay of Kotor and the Montenegrin coast in the early modern and modern times. in International Conference – Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negrev (20-23. June 2011), in: El Prezente. Studies in Sephardic Culture, vol. 7, Menorah. Collection of Papers, vol. 3: Common Culture and Particular Identities: Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Balkans. 2013;:225-232. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4449 .
Brajović, Saša, "Between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic – The Bay of Kotor and the Montenegrin coast in the early modern and modern times" in International Conference – Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negrev (20-23. June 2011), in: El Prezente. Studies in Sephardic Culture, vol. 7, Menorah. Collection of Papers, vol. 3: Common Culture and Particular Identities: Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Balkans (2013):225-232, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4449 .