ΣΚΑΙ 1821 – Σύνοψη πρώτου επεισοδίου – Ζήτω η Pax Ottomanica!

21 February, 2011

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Αποσπάσματα από το πρώτο μισό του πρώτου επεισοδίου. Μία ωδή στην Οθωμανική Ειρήνη. Στην Pax Ottomanica..

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«The Revolution of 1821 is no more than the last great phase of the resistance of the Greeks to Ottoman domination; it was a relentless, undeclared war, which had begun already in the first years of servitude. The brutality of an autocratic regime, which was characterized by economic spoliation, intellectual decay and cultural retrogression, was sure to provoke opposition. Restrictions of all kinds, unlawful taxation, forced labor, persecutions, violence, imprisonment, death, abductions of girls and boys and their confinement to Turkish harems, and various deeds of wantonness and lust, along with numerous less offensive excesses – all these were a constant challenge to the instinct of survival and they defied every sense of human decency. The Greeks bitterly resented all insults and humiliations, and their anguish and frustration pushed them into the arms of rebellion. There was no exaggeration in the statement made by one of the beys if Arta, when he sought to explain the ferocity of the struggle. He said: ‘We have wronged the rayas [dhimmis] (i.e. our Christian subjects) and destroyed both their wealth and honor; they became desperate and took up arms. This is just the beginning and will finally lead to the destruction of our empire.’ The sufferings of the Greeks under Ottoman rule were therefore the basic cause of the insurrection; a psychological incentive was provided by the very nature of the circumstances.» Απόστολος Βακαλόπουλος, ιστορικός, συγγραφέας και πανεπιστημιακός (1909 - 2000).
Vacalopoulos, A.E. Background and Causes of the Greek Revolution, Neo-Hellenika, Vol. 2, 1975, pp.54-55.

ΣΚΑΙ 1821 – Σύνοψη πρώτου επεισοδίου – Ζήτω η Pax Ottomanica!

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Οι εξελίξεις στην Μέση Ανατολή και η ευρύτερη γεωστρατηγική κατάσταση.

Το απαύγασμα της Ρωμιοσύνης (μέσα από απάντηση του Κολοκοτρώνη).

Κίτσος Μαλτέζος Μακρυγιάννης: Ο φοιτητής που τόλμησε να ξεσκεπάσει τον κομμουνισμό και το πλήρωσε με την ζωή του.