The Decline of Christendom and Europe’s Commercial Relationship with the Ottoman Empire
The Decline of Christendom and Europe’s Commercial Relationship with the Ottoman Empire Summary This article discusses the decline of Christendom and the growing commercial relationship between Europe and the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It examines the role of “capitulations” in granting selected Western merchant communities privileged access to Ottoman trade. …
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