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Description:The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfus 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 hereSybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepantoan 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 universityfrom 1824in Corfu town, a World Heritage Site. The islands were united with the Kingdom of Greece in 1864the 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 (Homers Scheria, where Odysseus startled Nausicaa as she bathed) to today, concentrating particularly on the British Protectorate (18151864). 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 Corfus 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ionian Islands: Aspects of Their History and Culture. To get started finding Ionian Islands: Aspects of Their History and Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 506

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1322144591

Description: The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfus 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 hereSybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepantoan 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 universityfrom 1824in Corfu town, a World Heritage Site. The islands were united with the Kingdom of Greece in 1864the 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 (Homers Scheria, where Odysseus startled Nausicaa as she bathed) to today, concentrating particularly on the British Protectorate (18151864). 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 Corfus 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ionian Islands: Aspects of Their History and Culture. To get started finding Ionian Islands: Aspects of Their History and Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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