Muslim Roma in the Balkans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11047803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Crowe (Elon University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-128 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00905990050002470 |
| OpenAlex | W2008341061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Roma entered the Balkans from India during the Middle Ages. They reached Persia sometime in the ninth century and by the eleventh century had moved into the Byzantine Empire. According to the eleventh-century Georgian Life of Saint George the Athonite , the Emperor Constantine Monomachus asked the Adsincani to get rid of wild animals preying on the animals in his royal hunting preserve. Adsincani is the Georgian form of the Greek word Atsínganoi or Atzínganoi , from which the non-English terms for Roma ( cigán, cigány, tsiganes, zigeuner ) are derived. Adsincani means “ner-do-well fortune tellers” or “ventriloquists and wizards who are inspired satanically and pretend to predict the unknown.” “Gypsy” comes from “Egyptian,” a term often used by early modern chroniclers in the Balkans to refer to the Roma. Because of the stereotypes and prejudice that surround the word “Gypsy,” the Roma prefer a name of their own choosing from their language, Romani. Today, it is preferable to refer to the Gypsies as Rom or “Roma,” a Romani word meaning “man” or “husband.” Byzantine references to “Egyptians” crop up during this period as Byzantine political and territorial fortunes gave way to the region's new power, the Ottomans. There were areas with large Roma populations in Cyprus and Greece which local rulers dubbed “Little Egypt” in the late fourteenth century
Ancient history · Byzantine architecture · Eleventh · Emperor · Empire · Georgian · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Ninth · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prejudice (legal term · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
Translated knowledge
From internalized equality to tolerance towards others
If they really wanted to, they would
Ashkali and Egyptians in Kosovo
Intersectionality theory and Bosnian Roma
Neither Muslims nor Zimmis
The Imagined Backward and Downtrodden Other
The growing divide
Constructing the Roma audience
Empowered Leaders and Alone in Community
Millets in Nation-States
The International and Historical Dimensions of Romani Migration in Central and Eastern Europe
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,52 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |