This podcast is reblogged from our
friends at Ottoman History
Podcast (Ep. #14, 21 April 2011)
The nineteenth century was a time
period of considerably flux for minority populations that were caught in the
middle of the conflicts between rival states. While Christian populations were
frequently transferred from the Ottoman Empire to Christian areas and vice
versa, this was not always the case. In this podcast, Michael Polczynski tells
the story of one such exceptional group, emigrants from Poland who took up
residence in the Ottoman Empire.
This podcast is reblogged from our
friends at Ottoman History
Podcast (Ep. #146, 19 February 2014)
Poland is not always remembered among
the great imperial rivals of the Ottoman Empire such as Safavid Iran, the
Habsburgs, and Muscovy within discussions of early modern European history.
Yet, the longstanding and continuous interactions between the Polish and
Ottoman worlds comprise an important component of the story of the European
state system and its transformation. In this podcast, Michael Polczynski and
Paulina Dominik offer an introduction to Ottoman-Polish relations and tell the
stories of the first and last Polish embassies to the Ottoman Empire.
This podcast is reblogged from our
friends at Ottoman History
Podcast (Ep. #48, 3 March 2012)
The early modern era was a period of tremendous
fluidity in terms of borders of identities. In this podcast, we discuss the
life and times of Sefer Muratowicz, an Armenian merchant born in Ottoman
Anatolia during the late sixteenth century who settled in the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth and became an envoy to the Safavid Shah in Persia through his role
as a merchant. Sefer left an account of his visit, which our guest Michael
Polczynski has translated and analyzed. The account provides information about
Sefer's journey as well as his diplomatic and mercantile activities, painting a
picture in the process of some aspects of travel, diplomacy, and perhaps even
espionage in borderlands regions during the early modern period.
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