The Greek Revolution
The Greek Revolution Winner of the 2022 London Hellenic PrizeOn the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, an essential guide to the momentous war for independence of the Greeks from the Ottoman…
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The Greek Revolution
Winner of the 2022 London Hellenic PrizeOn the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, an essential guide to the momentous war for independence of the Greeks from the Ottoman Empire.The Greek war for independence (1821-1830) often goes missing from discussion of the Age of Revolutions. The Greeks inspired others to throw off the oppression that developed in the backlash to the French Revolution. Yet the rebellion against Ottoman rule was enormously influential in its time, and its resonances are felt across modern history.
In this collection of essays, Paschalis Kitromilides and Constantinos Tsoukalas bring together scholars writing on the many facets of the Greek Revolution and placing it squarely within the revolutionary age.An impressive roster of And Europeans in general were hardly blind to the sight of Christian subjects toppling Muslim rulers.