| Titre | La structure sociale, politique et religieuse du Caucase du Nord au XVIe siècle | |
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| Auteur | Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 25, no 2-3, avril-septembre 1984 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 125-148 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay, Social, political and religious structure of Northern Caucasus in the sixteenth century.
At the end of the sixteenth century, the Caucasus is torn by the ferocious strife of rival Powers grouped into two blocks: on the one side, the Sublime Porte and the khanate of Crimea, supported by the Shaybanids of Turkestan, and on the other, Muscovy, Transcaucasia, Christian Georgia and the Safavide Empire.
At stake in this dispute is the influence exercised on the tribes and principalities of the Caucasus, which would ensure to the victor the control of the commercial and military roads that run along the two great axes: West-East, Azaq-Tabriz, and North-South, Astrakhan-Tabriz.
It is essential to study the social structure of the Caucasus to fully understand the tactical manoeuvres of the Powers involved in these regions and to demonstrate that the role played by them depended, to a great extent, upon the degree of organization of this society, the feudal allegiances that dominated therein and the impact of the religious factor, still rather unstable - it must be noted - among certain peoples. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1984_num_25_2_2008 |
