TY - BOOK AU - Kármán,Gábor AU - Kunčević,Lovro TI - The European tributary states of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries T2 - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, SN - 9004254404 AV - DR511 .E96 2013 U1 - 947.0009/031 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - Turkey KW - History KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Relations KW - Politics and government KW - 16th century KW - 17th century N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Section One. The Legal Status of the Ottoman Tributaries -- The Legal and Political Status of Wallachia and Moldavia in Relation to the Ottoman Porte / Viorel Panaite -- Sovereignty and Subordination in Crimean-Ottoman Relations (Sixteenth-Eighteenth Centuries) / Natalia Krolikowska -- Between Vienna and Constantinople : Notes on the Legal Status of the Principality of Transylvania / Terez Oborni -- Janus-faced Sovereignty : The International Status of the Ragusan Republic in the Early Modern Period / Lovro Kuncevic -- Cossack Ukraine In and Out of Ottoman Orbit, 1648-1681 / Victor Ostapchuk -- Section Two. The Diplomacy of the Tributary States in the Ottoman System -- Sovereignty and Representation : Tributary States in the Seventeenth-century Diplomatic System of the Ottoman Empire / Gabor Karman -- Diplomatic Relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Dubrovnik / Vesna Miovic -- Enemies Within : Networks of Influence and the Military Revolts against the Ottoman Power (Moldavia and Wallachia, Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries) / Radu G. Paun -- Section Three. Military Cooperation between the Ottoman Empire and Its Tributaries -- The Friend of My Friend and the Enemy of My Enemy : Romanian Participation in Ottoman Campaigns / Ovidiu Cristea -- The Military Co-operation of the Crimean Khanate with the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Maria Ivanics -- "Splendid Isolation"? The Military Cooperation of the Principality of Transylvania with the Ottoman Empire (1571-1688) in the Mirror of the Hungarian Historiography's Dilemmas / Janos B. Szabo -- The Defensive System of the Ragusan Republic (c. 1580-1620) / Domagoj Madunic -- Section Four. Instead of a Conclusion: On the "Compositeness" of the Empire -- The System of Autonomous Muslim and Christian Communities, Churches, and States in the Ottoman Empire / Sandor Papp -- What is Inside and What is Outside? Tributary States in Ottoman Politics / Dariusz Kolodziejczyk N2 - The European Tributary States of the Ottoman Empire is the first comprehensive overview of the empire’s relationship to its various European tributaries, Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Ragusa, the Crimean Khanate and the Cossack Hetmanate. The volume focuses on three fundamental aspects of the empire’s relationship with these polities: the various legal frameworks which determined their positions within the imperial system, the diplomatic contacts through which they sought to influence the imperial center, and the military cooperation between them and the Porte. Bringing together studies by eminent experts and presenting results of several less-known historiographical traditions, this volume contributes significantly to a deeper understanding of Ottoman power at the peripheries of the empire ER -