Main entry:

Mckenzie, Molly., author

Title & Author:

Turkish Athens : the forgotten centuries 1456-1832 / Molly Mackenzie.

Publication:

Reading, Berkshire : Ithaca Press, 1992.
©1992

Description:

148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.
I. The Coming of the Turks -- II. A Portrait of a Turkish Town -- III. The Venetian Invasion -- IV. Life Under the Turks -- V. Religion and Education -- VI. The People of Athens -- VII. The Vandals Arrive -- VIII. The Post-Elgin Period -- IX. Byron's Athens -- X. The War of Independence -- XI. The Kingdom of Greece.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"In June 1456 Athens surrendered to the forces of the Sultan Muhammad II. Turkish Athens describes how the city - following its incorporation into the fabric of the Ottoman Empire - sank gradually over the next four centuries into a state of isolation and obscurity, and follows the fortunes of the citizens of what had become an obscure Turkish garrison town, frequently ruled by vicious and corrupt officials." "As political conditions began to alter during the 18th century, Greek fortunes began to revive and the outside world rediscovered the city. Foreign travellers - poets and lords among them - began to arrive in ever-increasing numbers, and the unfortunate citizens now suffered from the depredations of the souvenir hunters who pillaged many of the city's classical treasures. At last, the Turkish garrison on the Acropolis surrendered and in 1833, the city of Athens was restored to Greek hands."--Jacket

ISBN:

0863721443
9780863721441
0863721435 (pbk.)
9780863721434 (pbk.)

Subject:

15.70 history of Europe.
Turcs Grèce Athènes (Grèce).
Turks Greece Athens History.
Athens (Greece) History.
Athènes (Grèce) Histoire.
Greece Athens.
Athens.
Ottoman Empire.
Greece History 1453-1821
Greece Athens, 1453-1821

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 73225
Call No.: ID:92-B158
Status: Available