GREE-355 Modern Greek History I

GREE-355 Modern Greek History I

Faculty:

Parara, Polyvia

This course considers: a) the Greek struggle against the Ottoman Empire for independence and territorial restoration since 1821 until 1923, b) the reconstruction of Modern Greek society.
The course focuses on the political evolution of the Modern Greek state: Greek fighters’ liberal ideas, the establishment of absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, crowned democracy and political parties, liberalism and political schism, first uncrowned democracy. Special attention is also paid to the structure of the Modern Greek society. The Greek Enlightenment and the intellectual life of the Modern Greek state will be examined as well.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

Other academic years
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• 2004-2005
• 2006-2007

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