The Ionian Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ionian Islands write by Anthony Hirst. This book was released on 2014-06-26. The Ionian Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu’s 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 here – Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto – an 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 university – from 1824 – in Corfu town, a World Heritage Site. The islands were united with the Kingdom of Greece in 1864 – the 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 (Homer’s Scheria, where Odysseus startled Nausicaa as she bathed) to today, concentrating particularly on the British Protectorate (1815–1864). 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 Corfu’s 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.
The Ionian Islands and Epirus
The Ionian Islands and Epirus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ionian Islands and Epirus write by Jim Potts. This book was released on 2010. The Ionian Islands and Epirus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing a portrait of the islands off the coast of Greece, Corfu resident Jim Potts narrates the cultural legacies of this unique place from Homer to modern times.
The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece
The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece write by John Dunn Gardner. This book was released on 1859. The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece
The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece write by John Dunn Gardner. This book was released on 2015-08-13. The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece
The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece write by . This book was released on 2020-03-14. The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
