Description
Book SynopsisMoves beyond the hostile 'Christian' versus 'Muslim' divide that has coloured many historical interpretations of the early modern Mediterranean, and reveals a society with a richer set of cultural and social dynamics. This book focuses on Crete, which the Ottoman Empire wrested from Venetian control in 1669.
Trade Review"A much needed reinterpretation of a remarkable period in Crete's history."--Vernon Egger, History "This book ... is one of big ideas... The reader is left feeling that Greene not only proposes bold ideas, but undergirds them with serious, and carefully interpreted, primary research."--K.E. Fleming, American Historical Review
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration xiii Introduction 3 One The Last Conquest 13 Two A Difficult Island 45 Three Ottoman Candia 78 Four Between Wine and Olive Oil 110 Five Merchants of Candia 141 Six The Slow Death of the Ancicn Regime 174 Condusion 206 Bibliography 211 Index 223
