The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır

Robert Mihajlovski (PhD La Trobe University; MA in Fine art, RMIT, Melbourne) specialises in Byzantine and Ottoman art, architecture and archaeology, with special emphasis on medieval Pelagonia. An established scholar, he continues to contribute regularly in various scholarly journals.

Acknowledgements


List of Illustrations


Note on Pronunciation


Introduction


A Geographical Note





An Overview of Pre-Ottoman Christian Cultural History


 1 The Conquering Church


 2 Days and Deeds of Heraclean Bishops


 3 Peripheral Ecclesiastical Centres


 4 Evangelization of the Slavs


 5 Sectarians and Separatists


 6 The “Bitola Inscription”


 7 The Byzantine Reconquista


 8 Crushed between the East and the West


 9 Filling the Vacuum





1 Pax Ottomana in Toli Manastır (1385–1808)


 1 The Ottoman Conquest


 2 The Development of Toli Manastır


 3 From a Provincial Town to an Administrative Centre


 4 Survey of the Mosques of Toli Manastır


 5 The Other Benefitiaries





2 Christianity in Ottoman Manastır (1385–1767)


 1 Continuity Unchallenged


 2 The Cult of the God-Bearer Pelagonitissa


 3 The Revitalization of Christianity in Manastır


 4 Regional Church Heritage


 5 Literacy and Diplomacy


 6 The Early Church of St. Demetrios


 7 Further Regional Church Heritage


 8 The Prelates on Record


 9 Vindication and Revival


 10 In the Middle of Controlled Demolition


 11 Some Welcome Immigrants





3 The Sephardic Jews of Manastır (1497–1808)


 1 Early Judaism in the Balkans


 2 Medieval Jewry


 3 The Sephardic Exodus


 4 The Sephardim in Manastır


 5 The Shabbatai Tsvi Controversy and Beyond


 6 The Dawn of a New Era





4 The Ottoman Capital of Turquie D’europe


 1 The Historical Background: From the Time of Ali Paşa until the First Balkan War in 1912


 2 The Urban Development and Topography of the Town


 3 The Religious and Cultural Traditions of the Ottoman Muslim Population in Manastır during the 19th Century


 4 The Ottoman Christians of Bitola/Manastır during the 19th Century


 5 The Sephardic Jewish Community of Bitola/Manastır between 1800 and 1943


Conclusion


Glossary


Bibliography


Index of Personal and Place Names