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

Author: Brewer, David, 1932-

Imprint:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Descriptionx, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Note:Prologue: The Greek view of Turkish rule -- Greece before the Turks -- 1453: the fall of Constantinople -- Sultans and patriarchs -- The Greek peasants -- The Italians in the Aegean -- Pirates and slaves -- The fall of Cyprus -- 1571: Lepanto -- Mainland Greece and town life -- The Greek church -- Venetian Crete -- 1669: the Turks take Crete -- Turkish rule in Cyprus and Crete -- The changing Ottoman Empire -- Hunger and disease -- Travellers to Greece -- 1770: the Orlov revolt -- Greeks abroad -- Greeks and the Enlightenment -- The Enlightenment attacked -- Prelude to revolution -- 1821: the war of independence -- One man's war: Nikolaos Kasomoulis -- Some conclusions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-297) and index.



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