Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Materials / G. Dávid and P. Fodor -- Miraculous Escapes From Ottoman Captivity / Eniko Csukovits -- Litigations For Ottoman Prisoners Of War And The Siege Of Buzsin (1481, 1522) / István Tringli -- A List Of Ransom For Ottoman Captives Imprisoned In Croatian Castles (1492) / Árpád Nógrády -- Ransom Slavery Along The Ottoman– Hungarian Frontier In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries / Géza Pálffy -- Freed Slaves As Soldiers In The Ottoman Fortresses In Hungary / Klára Hegyi -- The Ransom Of Ali Bey Of Koppány. The Impact Of Capturing Slaves On Trade In Ottoman Hungary / Ferenc Szakály -- Catholic Missionaries As Turkish Prisoners In Ottoman Hungary In The Seventeenth Century / István György Tóth -- A Muslim Captive’s Vicissitudes In Ottoman Hungary (Mid-Seventeenth Century) / Zsuzsanna J. Újváry -- Ransoming Ottoman Slaves From Munich (1688) / János J. Varga -- Manumitted Male Slaves At Galata And Istanbul Around 1700 / Géza Dávid -- Enslavement, Slave Labour And Treatment Of Captives In The Crimean Khanate / Mária Ivanics -- Maltese Pirates, Ottoman Captives And French Traders In The Early Seventeenthcentury Mediterranean / Pál Fodor -- Index / G. Dávid and P. Fodor.

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Notwithstanding the spectacular upswing in the research, there are areas of Ottoman slavery that have still not received the attention they deserve. This volume intends to take a step towards bridging this gap. The twelve studies it contains are organised around connected themes: the hunt for, the trade in and the treatment of captives in the Balkans and in Central Europe. The area under scrutiny is focussed on Hungary, and some other border regions extending from the Crimea to Malta. It offers both an analytic and synthetic approach based on a great deal of so far unpublished Ottoman and European archival material. It not only examines Christian slavery in the Ottoman Empire, but also provides greater insight into the tribulations of Ottoman slaves in the Christian world and sheds light on the devastating effect of captive-related transactions on trade and sometimes on the financial position of whole communities.