Historical Library of the 1821 Greek Revolution
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Greek antiquities during the cource of the Greek Revolution.
The remains of ancient Greek art and architecture exercised enormous fascination and were passionately sought after by European Philhellenes, classical scholars and collectors, but also by fortune hunters and profit seekers. The so-called «marble fever» was a global frenzy sparked... € 12,00 -
Neo-hellenic poetry and the Revolution of 1821. In conversation with History.
This book explores how the major historical event of the Greek Revolution was captured in modern Greek poetry. The study of the long period of two hundred years from the beginning of the Struggle to the present day highlights the... € 12,00 -
Rigged from the little we had… The frigate ship “Timoleon” during the Greek Revolution of 1821.
This book focuses on a frigate ship from the island of Hydra, demonstrating how a few humble ledgers can shed light on the economic life of the Greek Revolution. The long history of Hydra has provided important material for a... € 12,00 -
Veterans. The fighters of the 1821 Greek Revolution during the period of King Otto’s state.
The thorough examination of the history of the Greek Revolution in the midst of a pandemic has been a challenge for new approaches to old questions. Today, many sources, which have not been utilized for years, have now been digitized... € 12,00 -
Images of the Greek Struggle in European History Painting.
This book renews the way we approach the Pictorial History of the Greek War of Liberation. Its novel viewpoint consists of, but is not limited to, contextualizing the paintings of European artists in the historical, cultural and political milieu of... € 12,00 -
Entangled histories and collective identity: Narratives of the Chios massacre (1822).
The Chios Massacre in 1822 constitutes a major historiographical challenge; it was a sudden and brief incident within the span of the Greek Revolution that attracted the attention of philhellenes throughout the world, as well as the involvement of various... € 12,00 -
Elizabeth M. Edmonds: The Victorian Biographer of Rigas.
The first English biography of the Greek national hero Rigas Velestinlis (or Pheraios) was the work of Elizabeth Mayhew Edmonds, a minor Victorian author, who distinguished herself as one of the principal late-nineteenth century cultural mediators of modern Greece in... € 12,00 -
Today is not like yesteryear: Greek armatole-klephts and Albanian rebels (1829-1831).
Towards the end of the Greek War of Independence (1829-1831), the borders proposed for Greece had to change three times. The pressure for the formation of a regular army and the reestablishment of secure conditions in the border areas, as... € 12,00 -
Ottoman narrations on the Greek Revolution. From Yusuf Bey to Ahmet Cevdet Pasha.
How did the Ottoman elite perceive the Greek Revolution? This book by Sophia Laiou and Marinos Sariyiannis is the first systematic effort to examine the impact of the Revolution on Ottoman political terminology and thought, with a close study of... € 12,00 -
Konstantinos Kantiotis from Corfu. A minor member of Filiki Eteria, fighter for the Greek Revolution.
The task of reconstituting the history of a person that belongs to the middle strata of innumerable patriots that prepared the Greek Revolution in 1821 constitutes a complicated historiographical challenge. In this monograph, an experienced historian investigates and highlights a... € 12,00