title: Christians and Their Collective Identities around the Black Sea after 1453
abstract: NikolasP issis Christians and Their Collective Identities around the Black Seaa fter 1453Ac oncise survey of the history of Christianity on the BlackS ea littorals covering the earlymodern ageisnecessarilycompelled to confine itself to the delineation of general trends,illustrated by little more than impressionistic brushstrokes of the varied historical experience involved.To be sure,OrthodoxChristians of the main Slavic, Greek, Romanian, and Georgian ethno-linguistic groups constitutethe majori