A Glance into Ottoman Bosnia - Brossura

Mazuranic, Matija

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0863568300 ISBN 13: 9780863568305

Casa editrice: Al Saqi, 2007

Riassunto

In 1839, at the age of twenty-two, Matija Mazuranic crossed the River Sava into Ottoman Bosnia on a secret political mission on behalf of the Illyrian national movement in his native Croatia, then part of the Habsburg Monarchy. After initial setbacks, he eventually reached his goal via the principality of Serbia, since 1830 an autonomous entity within the Ottoman Empire. For the Illyrians, both Bosnia and Serbia were kindred south Slav lands (albeit little known because of the militarized border that still separated 'Germany' from 'Turkey') and, as such, key components of a future Illyrian association.
In this sympathetic eyewitness account, Mazuranic records his encounters with Ottoman Bosnian society at every level - from peasants in the field mistaking him for a demon to townspeople in taverns and shops who often saw him as a strange and inferior being - culminating in the time he spent as a visitor attached to the pasha's court. The author's life was in danger on more than one occasion, from his perilous crossing into Serbia by boat to a nocturnal ordeal at the hands of a jealous father.
This unique record provides invaluable insight into the local customs, modes of speech and dress, and political, social and economic conditions of Ottoman Bosnia at the dawn of the reform period known as the Tanzimat.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Matija Mauranic was the brother of the ban (governor) of Croatia and would today have been called an entrepreneur. His firm was contracted to build roads, and he travelled widely throughout the region.

Product Description:

Book by Matija Mauranic

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Al Saqi
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0863568300
• ISBN 13: 9780863568305
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 135