Connections and Questions to Consider | 329- How does this affect our interpretation of the changes the empire as a whole
was undergoing in this period?
Chapter
Chapter 13 shares interesting links with chapters 4, 15, and 17, since all deal with
conversion from one religion to another (Islam to Christianity and vice versa)
and its relationship to Ottoman identity. This chapter also intersects with chap-
ters 2, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21, and 22 concerning migration within, out of, and to the
empire. Additionally, chapter 13 connects with chapters 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, and 19
in regard to the development, construction, and projection of Ottoman Muslim
identity. Finally, this chapter also connects with chapters 11, 14, and 16 with re-
spect to gender identity, roles, and relations.
- How did early modern women in the Mediterranean use political and reli-
gious boundaries as a way to assert agency and shape power in their lives? - What sorts of limits or checks affected women’s ability to exercise agency?
Chapter
Chapter 14 shares connections with many other chapters in the volume, particu-
larly those related to gender construction and conflict (chapters 11, 13, and 16),
Ottoman Islamic identity (chapters 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, and 19), Ottoman relations
with its various religious minority communities (chapters 3, 4, 17, 18, 20, 21, and
22), and the Ottoman imperial harem (chapters 11 and 16).
- What was the position of Islamic law (sharia) on unlawful sex (zina), and
how did the Ottoman state punish sex crimes? - Discuss the impact of political and religious crisis on intercommunal life in
seventeenth century Istanbul.
Chapter
Chapter 15 connects with many other chapters regarding religious conversion
(chapters 4, 13, and 17), Ottoman relations with its religious minorities (chap-
ters 3, 4, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22), and national identity (chapters 18, 19, 20,
21, and 22). This chapter also intersects with chapters 2, 10, 13, 16, 20, 21, and 22
concerning migration within, out of, and into the empire.
- How does Bonneval accomplish his transformation from Frenchman into
Ottoman in terms of altering his national and religious affiliations, his phys-
ical body, and his outward appearance? - How and why does Bonneval’s perception of his conversion to Islam and
move to the Ottoman Empire differ from how contemporary Europeans un-
derstood his transformation?