The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary

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On 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. Yet the rebellion against Ottoman rule was enormously influential in its time, and its resonances are felt across modern history. The Greeks inspired others to throw off the oppression that developed in the backlash to the French Revolution. And Europeans in general were hardly blind to the sight of Christian subjects toppling Muslim rulers. 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 contributors traces the revolution as it unfolded and analyzes its regional and transnational repercussions, including the Romanian and Serbian revolts that spread the spirit of the Greek uprising through the Balkans. The essays also elucidate religious and cultural dimensions of Greek nationalism, including the power of the Orthodox church. One essay looks at the triumph of the idea of a Greek “homeland,” which bound the Greek diaspora—and its financial contributions—to the revolutionary cause. Another essay examines the Ottoman response, involving a series of reforms to the imperial military and allegiance system. Noted scholars cover major figures of the revolution; events as they were interpreted in the press, art, literature, and music; and the impact of intellectual movements such as philhellenism and the Enlightenment. Authoritative and accessible, The Greek Revolution confirms the profound political significance and long-lasting cultural legacies of a pivotal event in world history. Cover......Page 1 Frontispiece......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Note to the Reader......Page 12 Note on Transliteration......Page 16 Abbreviations......Page 18 Foreword \ Prokopios Pavlopoulos......Page 20 Introduction: In An Age of Revolution \ Paschalis M. Kitromilides......Page 28 I. Contexts......Page 44 Balkan Hinterlands: The Danubian Principalities \ Andrei Pippidi......Page 46 Balkan Hinterlands: The South Slavic Lands \ Slobodan G. Marković......Page 57 Diasporas and Homelands \ Mathieu Grenet......Page 65 Ottoman Context \ H. Şükrü Ilicak......Page 85 II. On the Way to Revolution......Page 106 Communities \ Vaso Seirinidou......Page 108 Forms of Resistance \ Vasilis Molos......Page 127 Secret Societies: The Society of Friends and Its Forerunners \ Constantinos C. Chatzopoulos......Page 147 III. Events and Places......Page 172 Aegean Islands and the Revolution at Sea \ Katerina Galani and Gelina Harlaftis......Page 174 Asia Minor \ Stavros Th. Anestidis......Page 188 Athens \ Maria D. Efthymiou......Page 193 Chios \ Christos Landros......Page 205 Constantinople and Thrace \ Stavros Th. Anestidis......Page 212 Crete \ Paschalis M. Kitromilides......Page 220 Cyprus \ Paschalis M. Kitromilides......Page 230 Epirus \ Dionysis Tzakis......Page 235 Ionian Islands \ Eleni Angelomatis-Tsougarakis......Page 246 Macedonia \ Basil C. Gounaris......Page 259 Mesolonghi \ Markos Karasarinis......Page 275 Morea \ Dionysis Tzakis......Page 285 Navarino \ Robert Holland......Page 308 Rumeli \ Markos Karasarinis......Page 324 Samos \ Christos Landros......Page 342 IV. Persons......Page 356 Clergymen \ Phokion Kotzageorgis......Page 358 Civilian Leaders and the Beginnings of the Modern State \ Dimitris Livanios......Page 375 Diplomats and Diplomacy \ Ioannis D. Stefanidis......Page 391 Intellectuals \ Roxane D. Argyropoulos......Page 412 Military Leaders \ Dimitrios Papastamatiou......Page 450 Women \ Eleni Angelomatis-Tsougarakis......Page 471 V. Institutions......Page 488 Assemblies and Constitutions \ Nicos C. Alivizatos......Page 490 The Economics of the Revolution \ Kostas Kostis......Page 504 Education \ Dimitris C. Mavroskoufis......Page 518 The Orthodox Church \ Lucien Frary......Page 535 The Press \ Roxane D. Argyropoulos......Page 547 VI. Ideas and Creative Expression......Page 564 Enlightenment \ Paschalis M. Kitromilides......Page 566 Literature, Learning, and Print Culture \ Alexis Politis......Page 583 Popular Culture \ Manolis G. Varvounis......Page 606 The Revolution as Creative Experience \ Peter Mackridge......Page 622 VII. Resonances......Page 642 Philhellenism \ Roderick Beaton......Page 644 American Philhellenism \ Ioannis D. Evrigenis......Page 665 The Visual Narration of the Greek War of Independence \ Fani-Maria Tsigakou......Page 673 The Revolution and the Romantic Imagination: Echoes in European Literature\ Rosa Mucignat and David Ricks......Page 690 Sounding the Greek Revolution: Music and the Greek War of Independence \ Katerina Levidou......Page 710 Historiographical Traditions and Debates \ Pericles S. Vallianos......Page 719 Anniversaries \ Gonda Van Steen......Page 745 Symbolic Commemorations and Cultural Affiliations \ Constantinos Tsoukalas......Page 759 Summary Chronology: The Greek Revolution, 1814–1834......Page 778 Contributors......Page 790 Acknowledgments......Page 792 Index......Page 796 Color Plates......Page 418