"The Greek Revolution of 1821 - rethinking its ..." Topic

…wider significance

"First of all, I have to admit that I have never taken a strong interest in the history of the 19th century, including that of my own country – even though it was during that time that the modern nation-state of Greece was born. I have not read extensively about the 1821 Greek Revolution (or Greek War of Independence), even though it is often an exciting story vividly portraying all the spectrum of human behaviour and character: idealism and heroism, altruism, sacrifice and greatness, but also selfishness, treason, pettiness, savagery. Reading about two new books on the topic, I was startled to find out a new perspective argued by the authors, a perspective that had eluded me so far. They argue that the Greek Revolution was not a peripheral event, important only to Greek and Ottoman history, but that it had far wider consequences on a European and global scale. As this is something new to me, I wanted to have a discussion and see what other people think about this. As the basis for discussion I will just let the authors speak for themselves…"

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Armand

Interesting. I know little beyond lord Byron and the battle of Navarino.

Glad you enjoyed it my good friend…

Armand