Greece, the hidden centuries : Turkish rule from the fall of Constantinople to Greek independence / / David Brewer

• Autore: Brewer David <1932->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris; New York : , : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.2
• Soggetto topico: Turks - Greece - History
• Soggetto geografico: Greece History 1453-1821; Greece History 323-1453; Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918; Greece Ethnic relations; Greece Social life and customs 1453-1821
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-297) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Pronunciation and Names; Prologue -- The Greek View of Turkish Rule; 1. Greece Before the Turks; 2. 1453 - The Fall of Constantinople; 3. Sultans and Patriarchs; 4. The Greek Peasants; 5. The Italians in the Aegean; 6. Pirates and Slaves; 7. The Fall of Cyprus; 8. 1571 - Lepanto; 9. Mainland Greece and Town Life; 10. The Greek Church; 11. Venetian Crete; 12. 1669 - The Turks Take Crete; 13. Turkish Rule in Cyprus and Crete; 14. The Changing Ottoman Empire; 15. Hunger and Disease; 16. Travellers to Greece ; 17. 1770 - The orlov Revolt18. Greeks Abroad; 19. Greeks and the Enlightenment; 20. The Enlightenment Attacked; 21. Prelude to Revolution; 22. 1821 - The war of Independence; 23. One Man's War - Nikólaos Kasomoúlis; 24. Some Conclusions; Chronology; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For almost four hundred years, between the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the Greek War of Independence, the history of Greece is shrouded in mystery. What was life really like for the Greeks under Ottoman rule? Was it a period of unremitting exploitation and enslavement for the Greeks until they were finally able to rise up against their Turkish overlords, as is the traditional, Greek nationalistic view? Or did the Greeks derive some benefit from Turkish rule? How did the Greeks and Turks co-exist for so long? And why are Greek attitudes towards Venice, who also controlled much of Greece
• Titolo autorizzato: Greece, the hidden centuries
• ISBN: 0-85773-004-5; 0-85772-167-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786856203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II