
Economic History of the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire (15th Century – Early 20th Century). Volume I.
Periodization. Economic thought. Coin circulation. The Bulgarians in the economic life of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th – 18th centuries
COMPILER AND EDITOR:
Ivan ROUSSEV, Professor, DSc., Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; University of Economics – Varna, Bulgaria
Authors:
Ayşe KAYAPINAR, Aldzhan DZHAFER, Anton SVRAKOV, Valentin KITANOV, Gergana GEORGIEVA, Delyan RUSEV, Ivaylo NAYDENOV, Ivan ROUSSEV, Krasimir KRASTEV, Krassimira MUTAFOVA, Krustyo YORDANOV, Levent KAYAPINAR, Miyryam SALIM, Milena PETKOVA, Nevena NEDELCHEVA, Nevyan MITEV, Nikolay TODOROV, Paulina ANDONOVA, Pencho D. PENCHEV, Petko St. PETKOV, Petar DOBREV, Petya NEDELEVA, Svetla ATANASOVA, Stefan DIMITROV, Hristiyan ATANASOV, Hristo HRISTOZOV, Yura KONSTANTINOVA
Reviewers:
Prof. Maria TODOROVA – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA)
Prof. Nikolay NENOVSKY – CRIISEA, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens
(France), University of National and World Economics, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Prof. DSc Milko PALANGURSKI – Institute for Historical Studies – BAS, Sofia
(Bulgaria)
Prof. Zhenya Zhekova – Regional Historical Museum of Shumen – Shumen (Bulgaria)
Assoc. Prof. Margarita Marinova, PhD – International Business School – Botevgrad (Bulgaria)
Editor: Savina KIRILOVA, PhD – Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgaria)
Corrector:: Aneliya Vracheva
Layout Design and Prepress: Rosen Yordanov
ISBN: 978-619-7667-80-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53656/978-619-7667-80-6-v1
This publication was realised with the support of the project BG-RRP-2.005-0001, TWIN4ECO, financed by the European Union – NextGeneration EU, executed by the Economic Faculty of Sofia University.
The publication is realised through the financial support of the Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Foundation, as well as patriotic donors from Karlovo – the Tuchevi family, Valentin Mateev and Stanislav Bogoev.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Ivan Roussev / pages: 11–14
The Economic History of the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire (15th – early 20th Centuries) – Ideas for Periodization and Research Perspectives
Ivan Roussev / pages: 17 – 39
Bulgarian Economic Thought During the Ottoman Period (15th – 19th Centuries)
Pencho D. Penchev, Petko St. Petkov / pages: 41 – 78
Coin circulation in the Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule
Krasimir Krastev, Nevyan Mitev / pages: 79 – 169
The Ottoman Legal Framework and the Economic History of Bulgarian Lands in the 15th – 18th Centuries
Krasimira Mutafova / pages: 171 – 207
Administrative Division, Agricultural Production and Livestock Breeding in the Bulgarian Lands in the 15th – 16th Centuries
Ayşe Kayapınar, Levent Kayapınar / pages: 209 – 228
Agrarian Institutions and Economic Models in Bulgarian Lands, 15th – 18th Centuries
Milena Petkova, Nevena Nedelcheva / pages: 229 – 257
The Waqf in the Bulgarian Lands, 15th – early 19th Centuries
Paulina Andonova / pages: 259 – 316
The Askeri Chiftliks in the Bulgarian Lands, 16th – early 19th Centuries
Paulina Andonova / pages: 317 – 367
Categories of Population with Special Duties in the Economic Life of the Ottoman Province (15th – First Decades of the 18th Centuries)
Krustyo Yordanov / pages: 369 – 410
Urban Economy. Crafts
Stefan Dimitrov / pages: 411 – 453
Merchants and Trade in the Bulgarian Lands under Ottoman Rule (15th – 18th Centuries)
Nevena Nedelcheva / pages: 455 – 481
The Bulgarians and the Bulgarian Lands in the Trade between the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe during the 15th–18th Centuries
Delyan Rusev / pages: 483 – 536
The Bulgarian Lands in the Ottoman Grain Provisioning System during the 18th Century
Hristo Hristozov / pages: 537 – 556
Transitional Forms in the Economy (17th – 18th Centuries)
Krasimira Mutafova / pages: 557 – 596

