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
Summary
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: distorted by Greek writers and largely neglected by others. What was life really like for the Greeks under Ottoman rule?
Notes
"First published in hardback in 2010 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd"--Title page verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-297) and index
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