Το "Πρότυπο Βασίλειο" και η Μεγάλη Ιδέα
The "Model Kingdom" and the Great Idea:
Aspects of the National Problem in Greece (1830-1880)
By Elli Skopetea
Published by Polytepo in Greece, 1988, pp. 456.
The "Model Kingdom" and the Great Idea:
Aspects of the National Problem in Greece (1830-1880)
By Elli Skopetea
Published by Polytepo in Greece, 1988, pp. 456.
(Currently only available in Greek.)
Book Reviewed by:
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou
Book Reviewed by:
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou
With the title The "Model Kingdom" and the Great Idea and the subtitle Aspects of the National Problem in Greece (1830-1880), Elli Skopetea has written an amazing book, which is a mirror of the era after the liberation of Greece from the Turkish yoke.
This is the doctoral dissertation of the author, the purpose of which is "to record and, as far as possible, to codify the perceptions about the Greek nation and its 'destiny', as they were formed in Greece during the first decades of its independence" (p. 13). The author relied first on the press of the time, then on the periodical press and then on the eponymous major scholars "but with emphasis on those points that connect them to the minor ones, and not those that distinguish them" (p. 15).
This is the doctoral dissertation of the author, the purpose of which is "to record and, as far as possible, to codify the perceptions about the Greek nation and its 'destiny', as they were formed in Greece during the first decades of its independence" (p. 13). The author relied first on the press of the time, then on the periodical press and then on the eponymous major scholars "but with emphasis on those points that connect them to the minor ones, and not those that distinguish them" (p. 15).
