Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Richard van Leeuwen -- Acknowledgements / Richard van Leeuwen -- Introduction / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter One The Ottoman Context / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter Two Politics in Ottoman Syria / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter Three Mount Lebanon Between Integration and Fragmentation / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter Four The Maronites / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter Five Maronite Waqfs in the 18Th Century / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter Six The Monasteries of the Lebanese Order / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter Seven Reform / Richard van Leeuwen -- Conclusion / Richard van Leeuwen -- Appendices / Richard van Leeuwen -- List of Sources / Richard van Leeuwen -- Index / Richard van Leeuwen.

Notables and Clergy in Mount Lebanon analyzes the relations between the Maronite notables and the Church in the context of socio-economic transformations in Mount Lebanon in the period 1736-1840. Special attention is given to the influence of external forces, such as the economic interference of the European nations, the Syrian and Ottoman administrative framework and the increasing involvement of the Vatican in the affairs of the Maronite community. The emphasis is laid on the role of religious foundations, or waqf s, in the process of social and economic integration, both within the Maronite community and in the wider frameworks in which it gradually became incorporated. These external and internal factors can explain the remarkable political emancipation of the Maronite Church, which assumed an important role in the history of Mount Lebanon in the 19th century.

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