Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire - Elena Marushiakova
Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire - Elena Marushiakova The Roma presence in the European part of the Ottoman Empire - the Balkans - is centuries old and it is not by accident that this regions has often…
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Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire - Elena Marushiakova
The Roma presence in the European part of the Ottoman Empire - the Balkans - is centuries old and it is not by accident that this regions has often been called the second motherland of the Gypsies. This book explores the history, ethnography, social structure and culture of the Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire.It is based on archival sources, mainly detailed tax registers, special laws, guild registers and court documents. From this region Gypsies moved westwards taking with them inherited Balkan cultural models and traditions.
Notes on Gypsies in books by foreign travellers are also included.