Download or read book Notables and Clergy in Mount Lebanon written by Richard Van Leeuwen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1994 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book 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 role of "waqf"s and the influences of the Vatican and the central provincial ottoman authorities.