Notables and clergy in Mount Lebanon
Subtitle: the Khāzin Sheikhs and the Maronite Church, 1736-1840
By: by Richard Van Leeuwen.
Series: The Ottoman Empire and its heritage,; vol. 2; Ottoman Empire and its heritage ;; v. 2.
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Maronite rite -- Lebanon -- History.; Maronites -- Lebanon -- History -- 18th century.; Maronites -- Lebanon -- History -- 19th century.; Khāzin family.; Lebanon -- History -- 1516-1918.
Description: 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, of waqfs, 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 nineteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index.