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Author : Henry Jervis White Jervis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book The Ionian Islands During the Present Century written by Henry Jervis White Jervis and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Jervis-White Jervis
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ISBN 13 : 9780461844818
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ionian Islands During the Present Century written by Henry Jervis-White Jervis and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author : Anthony Hirst
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443862789
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ionian Islands written by Anthony Hirst and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu’s Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-battles were fought here – Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto – an indication of the Ionians’ role as an East-West crossroads, between Western Christendom and the Orthodox and Islamic East. Ruled by Venice in her Stato da Mar (sea-empire), the islands became an independent state, as the Septinsular Republic and then, under British Protection, as the United States of the Ionian Islands. Before the mainland Greeks had a State, the Ionian people were proud of having a university – from 1824 – in Corfu town, a World Heritage Site. The islands were united with the Kingdom of Greece in 1864 – the first addition to its territory. This book (with over thirty illustrations) explores the history, archaeology, languages, customs and culture of the Ionian Islands. Without venturing far from the islands, readers will learn much about this distinctive part of the Mediterranean and Greek world. The chapters range from the mythology of the Bronze Age (Homer’s Scheria, where Odysseus startled Nausicaa as she bathed) to today, concentrating particularly on the British Protectorate (1815–1864). One, illustrated by contemporary maps, deals with descriptions of the islands by a fourteenth-century Venetian writing in Latin. The roles of Jews, Souliot refugees, Greek revolutionaries, rebel peasants in Cephalonia, and workers in Corfu’s port suburb of Mandouki are examined in detail. There are contributions on religion and philosophy, as well as literature, music, painting, and the folk-art of carved walking-canes.
Author : George William Hamilton Fitzmaurice Orkney
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book Four Years in the Ionian Islands written by George William Hamilton Fitzmaurice Orkney and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 1864 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating two-volume work provides an in-depth look at the political and social condition of the Ionian Islands during the era of British Protectorate. It examines the cultural, economic, and political factors that shaped the islands' society and history. With its detailed research and engaging narrative, this book is ideal for anyone interested in the history of the Ionian Islands and the British Empire. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Jim Potts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199754160
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ionian Islands and Epirus written by Jim Potts and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing a portrait of the islands off the coast of Greece, Corfu resident Jim Potts narrates the cultural legacies of this unique place from Homer to modern times.
Author : Henry Jervis-White Jervis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of the Island of Corfú and of the Republic of the Ionian Islands written by Henry Jervis-White Jervis and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sakis Gekas
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785332627
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book Xenocracy written by Sakis Gekas and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many European territorial reconfigurations that followed the wars of the early nineteenth century, the Ionian State remains among the least understood. Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the region during its half-century as a Protectorate of Great Britain—a period that embodied all of the contradictions of British colonialism. A middle class of merchants, lawyers and state officials embraced and promoted a liberal modernization project. Yet despite the improvements experienced by many Ionians, the deterioration of state finances led to divisions along class lines and presented a significant threat to social stability. As author Sakis Gekas shows, the ordeal engendered dependency upon and ambivalence toward Western Europe, anticipating the “neocolonial” condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today.
Author : Melissa Calaresu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351937634
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)
Download or read book Exploring Cultural History written by Melissa Calaresu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 30 years, cultural history has moved from the periphery to the centre of historical studies, profoundly influencing the way we look at and analyze all aspects of the past. In this volume, a distinguished group of international historians has come together to consider the rise of cultural history in general, and to highlight the particular role played in this rise by Peter Burke, the first professor of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and one of the most prolific and influential authors in the field. Reflecting the many and varied interests of Peter Burke, the essays in this volume cover a broad range of topics, geographies and chronologies. Grouped into four sections, 'Historical Anthropology', 'Politics and Communication', 'Images' and 'Cultural Encounters', the collection explores the boundaries and possibilities of cultural history; each essay presenting an opportunity to engage with the wider issues of the methods and problems of cultural history, and with Peter Burke's contributions to each chosen theme. Taken as a whole the collection shows how cultural history has enriched the ways in which we understand the traditional fields of political, economic, literary and military history, and permeates much of what we now understand as social history. It also demonstrates how cultural history is now at the heart of the coming together of traditional disciplines, providing a meeting ground for a variety of interests and methodologies. Offering a wide international perspective, this volume complements another Ashgate publication, Popular Culture in Early Modern England, which focuses on Peter Burke's influence on the study of popular culture in English history.
Author : David Thomas Ansted
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Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ionian Islands in the Year 1863 written by David Thomas Ansted and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George William Hamilton Fitzmaurice Orkney
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Download or read book Four Years in the Ionian Islands written by George William Hamilton Fitzmaurice Orkney and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
