Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans

The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of technology, commerce and taxation, as well as patterns of consumption. Those patterns include rules of alcohol production, distribution and use according to religion, class and gender, i.e. restrictions...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ca1f4ccac57b47d69b5b57f3e654353f2021-12-02T02:07:52ZAqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans10.21301/eap.v12i4.140353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/ca1f4ccac57b47d69b5b57f3e654353f2017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.eap-iea.org/novi-ojs/index.php/eap/article/view/804https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801 The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of technology, commerce and taxation, as well as patterns of consumption. Those patterns include rules of alcohol production, distribution and use according to religion, class and gender, i.e. restrictions and their transgressions. Linguistic, documentary and narrative sources are deployed in building a multifaceted picture. Production of various spirits, foremost plum brandy in the Ottoman Balkans, and the usage of alcohol drinks could be viewed as an area where private and public, official and clandestine, permitted and forbidden mixed and coexisted, and influenced Ottoman political and religious system.    Jelena MrgićUniversity of BelgradearticlebrandyšljivovicadistillationtradeOttoman Empire16th to 19th centuriesAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 12, Iss 4 (2017)
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language EN
FR
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topic brandy
šljivovica
distillation
trade
Ottoman Empire
16th to 19th centuries
Anthropology
GN1-890
spellingShingle brandy
šljivovica
distillation
trade
Ottoman Empire
16th to 19th centuries
Anthropology
GN1-890
Jelena Mrgić
Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
description The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of technology, commerce and taxation, as well as patterns of consumption. Those patterns include rules of alcohol production, distribution and use according to religion, class and gender, i.e. restrictions and their transgressions. Linguistic, documentary and narrative sources are deployed in building a multifaceted picture. Production of various spirits, foremost plum brandy in the Ottoman Balkans, and the usage of alcohol drinks could be viewed as an area where private and public, official and clandestine, permitted and forbidden mixed and coexisted, and influenced Ottoman political and religious system.   
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author Jelena Mrgić
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title Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
title_short Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
title_full Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
title_fullStr Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
title_full_unstemmed Aqua vitae – Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
title_sort aqua vitae – notes on geographies of alcohol production and consumption in the ottoman balkans
publisher University of Belgrade
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