Governing a minority: Freedom, tolerance and pluralism religious in the Ottoman Empire (17th-18th century)

Eros Calcara

doi:10.21697/lr.13192

Opublikowane: 2025-09-26

Tom 2 (2023)

Governing a minority

Freedom, tolerance and religious pluralism in the Ottoman Empire

Eros Calcara

LIBERTAS RELIGIOSA Studium interdyscyplinarne wolności religijnej

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https://doi.org/10.21697/lr.13192

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During the modern age the Ottoman Empire, despite being a Muslim state, saw within it the presence of two other monotheistic religions: Judaism and Christianity. The presence of Jews and Christians within the empire became an example of multiculturalism, which characterized the Ottoman Empire, and of self-government with the formation of the millet system. This work analyzes the role of religious minorities, specifically Jews and Orthodox Christians, present within the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 18th centuries. The institution of the millets desired by the sultans became not only an example of religious freedom, as conversion was not imposed on Christians and Jews, but a way of maintaining stable power and sultan authority throughout the empire.

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Calcara, E. (2025). Governing a minority: Freedom, tolerance and religious pluralism in the Ottoman Empire. LIBERTAS RELIGIOSA Studium Interdyscyplinarne wolności Religijnej, 2, 160–173. https://doi.org/10.21697/lr.13192

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