Egy Habsburg-követ, Simon Reniger oszmán kapcsolathálózata Konstantinápolyban
The Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon Reniger in Constantinople.

Viziers, muftis and Hungarian renegades

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the Ottoman social network of a Habsburg ambassador, Simon Reniger, who lived in Constantinople in the middle of the 17th century. The ambassador’s connections can be broken down into different groups based on the nature of the connection. The fact that, apart from the members of the uppermost circles, those belonging to the middle and lower classes are not mentioned in contemporary historical works, only in Ottoman, German or Hungarian archival sources, makes the research and the identification of persons difficult. As the case studies presented show, including one about the life of an Ottoman envoy who lived in Vienna as well, how difficult it is to discover the identity of Ottoman officials. But all things considered we can claim that Simon Reniger surrounded himself with an Ottoman social network which mostly comprised Hungarian renegades

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