Rum millet

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The Rum millet was an administrative and religious community within the Ottoman Empire that encompassed Orthodox Christian subjects, particularly those of Greek cultural and ecclesiastical tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox Christian community
administrative community
millet
religious community
alsoKnownAs Millet-i Rum NERFINISHED
Roman millet
appliesTo Orthodox Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire
associatedWithCulture Greek culture
associatedWithTradition Greek ecclesiastical tradition
began 15th century
centeredIn Constantinople NERFINISHED
developedFrom Byzantine imperial and ecclesiastical structures
diminishedAfter establishment of national Orthodox churches in the Balkans
rise of Balkan nationalisms in the 19th century
ethnoReligiousComposition included other Orthodox Christian ethnic groups
primarily ethnic Greeks
function intermediary between Orthodox Christian subjects and the Ottoman state
geographicalScope territories of the Ottoman Empire with Orthodox Christian populations
governedBy Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople NERFINISHED
grantedAutonomyIn education
internal communal administration
religious matters
headedBy Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople NERFINISHED
historicalSuccessorInNationStateContext Greek Orthodox Church structures in independent Greece
includedGroup Greek Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED
some Arab Orthodox Christians
some Slavic Orthodox Christians
languageOfAdministration Greek NERFINISHED
legalBasis Ottoman millet system NERFINISHED
legalStatus recognized corporate body under Ottoman law
memberStatusDefinedBy affiliation with the Orthodox Church
religion
nameDerivedFrom Rum (Rome), referring to the Eastern Roman or Byzantine heritage NERFINISHED
notDefinedPrimarilyBy ethnicity
language
relatedConcept millet system
relatedTo Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity
responsibleFor ecclesiastical courts
education of its members
family law of its members
personal status law of its members
religious affairs of Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire
taxObligations collecting and remitting taxes from its members to the Ottoman state
timePeriod Ottoman period NERFINISHED
usedIn Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED

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Phanariotes memberOf Rum millet