LATIN CATHOLICISM IN OTTOMAN ISTANBUL: PROPERTIES, PEOPLE & MISSIONS

PREFACE.Claudio MongePART ONE.STATUS: LEGALITY AND CONFLICT1. “I shall not take their churches and turn them into mosques”: The Legal Status of Catholic Churches in Ottoman Galata as Prescribed by theʿAhdnāmes. Radu Dipratu2. An Endless Housing Dispute: Catholic - Muslim Conflict around the Yeni Valide and Arab Mosques in Galata (1693-1713).Kenan YıldızPART TWO. PEOPLE: IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION AND RELATIONS3. From Master to Minority: the Genoese of Pera-Galata across the Byzantine-Ottoman Boundary.Padraic Rohan4. The Latin Vekil and the Vartaliti Family: Local Representation, Intermediary Work and Family Interests in Ottoman Istanbul (1844-1923).Gabriel Doyle5. Patriarch Maksīmūs Maẓlūm’s Reverse Missionary Entreprise during theTanẓīmātPeriod: Bringing the Greek Catholics back into the Greek Rite.Anaïs MassotPART THREE.CHURCHES: FOUNDATION AND TRANSFORMATION6. Latin, Armenian, Ottoman: Shared Space and Material Culture in the Catholic Churches of Pera and GalataPaolo Girardelli7. Notre-Dame Du Rosaire: Insights into the Construction and Contestations of the First Dominican Church of the post-TanẓīmātPeriodVanessa R. de ObaldíaPART FOUR. EDUCATION: NATIONALISM AND MISSION8. Italian Latin Catholics in late Ottoman Istanbul: Transnational Culture and National Education.Francesco Pongiluppi9. The Inception and Development of the Educational Activities of the Salesian Congregation in Istanbul during the late Ottoman Period.Buğra PoyrazCONTRIBUTORS’ BIOGRAPHIES