A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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... Turks , she fled to Orašac with her children and pos- sibly with some widowed sisters . 23 During the period from 1790 to 1810 , Orašac and Šumadija in general received the heaviest influx of immigrants . Once settled in their new homes ...
... Turks , she fled to Orašac with her children and pos- sibly with some widowed sisters . 23 During the period from 1790 to 1810 , Orašac and Šumadija in general received the heaviest influx of immigrants . Once settled in their new homes ...
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... Turkish administration , usually to a spahi . Aside from the usual taxation in kind , the Turks ' treatment of their conquered rayah took several other forms . There was a head tax , or harač , from which all Turks were exempt . In ...
... Turkish administration , usually to a spahi . Aside from the usual taxation in kind , the Turks ' treatment of their conquered rayah took several other forms . There was a head tax , or harač , from which all Turks were exempt . In ...
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... Turks ) wanted . The Turks committed many crimes of violence . For example , they forced the head of a household to lead a horse while the Turk rode it , or they made him carry a Turk's sandals . The women had to prepare meals and serve the ...
... Turks ) wanted . The Turks committed many crimes of violence . For example , they forced the head of a household to lead a horse while the Turk rode it , or they made him carry a Turk's sandals . The women had to prepare meals and serve the ...
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The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
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