Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast


Patronage on the Periphery | Michał Wasiucionek

April 21, 2014

The Wild Field E08 | In the early modern Ottoman/European frontier, rivaling claims to sovereignty were reinforced by empires through systems of personal patronage and coercive power. Local power holders experienced Ottoman suzerainty quite differently in the predominantly Christian vassal polities of Wallachia and Moldavia. Join Michał Wasiucionek in The Wild Field as he explores these unique systems of patronage.