Vanessa de Obaldia – French diplomatic influence over ecclesiastical properties of the Roman Catholic church in Ottoman Istanbul – 28/11/2017
Mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 16 h à l’IFEAVanessa de Obaldia (Université Aix-Marseille) Intervention en anglaisDans le cadre des présentations des boursiers de courte durée de l’IFEA inscription avant le 28 novembre à midi: cliquez ici French diplomatic influence over ecclesiastical properties of the Roman Catholic church in Ottoman Istanbul This study examines the degree of French diplomatic influence in Ottoman Istanbul in relation to the fortune of Latin Catholic churches and their ecclesiastical properties on the basis of Ottoman legal documents, such as imperial decrees (firmāns) which were given to individual churches and the capitulations (ahadnāmes) granted to France. The French ambassador served as a representative to the Sublime Porte for the Catholic religious and for their properties in