Who saved the Parthenon? : a new history of the Acropolis before, during and after the Greek Revolution / / William St. Clair |
Autore | Clair William St. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 876 pages) |
Disciplina | 726.120809385 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why another book? The place The people The encounter -- Communities, real and imagined -- The evidence -- The new science and its enemies -- Towards a practical theory of history -- Romanticism and its rhetorics -- The choices -- The Siege of 1826 and 1827 -- The surrender -- The last days of Ottoman Athens -- The living -- The dead -- "The world had need of them" -- The secret -- The bargain -- The silence -- The stories -- Which pasts, which futures? -- Still a dark heritage -- Whose Parthenon? -- The Parthenon in our time -- Heritage -- Appendix A: The Firman obtained by Lord Elgin in 1801 and related documents -- Appendix B: The Firman of 1821 -- Appendix C: The intercepted letters of the Ottoman military commander (Seraskier) Reşid Mehmed Pasha, often Known as Kiutahi or Reschid -- Appendix D: The Firman of 1826 and other primary documents relating to the preservation of the ancient monuments of Athens issued by the Ottoman government -- Appendix E: Primary contemporary documents recording the views of those who opposed the Greek Revolution -- Appendix F: Four local descriptions of Athens from the long millennium. |
Altri titoli varianti | Who Saved the Parthenon? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774886503321 |
Clair William St.
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Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2022 | ||
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Who Saved the Parthenon? : A new history of the Acropolis before, during and after the Greek Revolution / / William St Clair |
Autore | St Clair William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 876 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 930 |
Soggetto topico | Antiquities |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why another book? The place The people The encounter -- Communities, real and imagined -- The evidence -- The new science and its enemies -- Towards a practical theory of history -- Romanticism and its rhetorics -- The choices -- The Siege of 1826 and 1827 -- The surrender -- The last days of Ottoman Athens -- The living -- The dead -- "The world had need of them" -- The secret -- The bargain -- The silence -- The stories -- Which pasts, which futures? -- Still a dark heritage -- Whose Parthenon? -- The Parthenon in our time -- Heritage -- Appendix A: The Firman obtained by Lord Elgin in 1801 and related documents -- Appendix B: The Firman of 1821 -- Appendix C: The intercepted letters of the Ottoman military commander (Seraskier) Reşid Mehmed Pasha, often Known as Kiutahi or Reschid -- Appendix D: The Firman of 1826 and other primary documents relating to the preservation of the ancient monuments of Athens issued by the Ottoman government -- Appendix E: Primary contemporary documents recording the views of those who opposed the Greek Revolution -- Appendix F: Four local descriptions of Athens from the long millennium. |
Altri titoli varianti | Who Saved the Parthenon? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910571721503321 |
St Clair William
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Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2022 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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