No Army? No Problem
Defending the Home Front in Ancient Greece.
Greece
Greek Myths
Two heroes of the 1821 Greek Revolution found themselves cast out of the national pantheon because of their gender. In the centuries that followed, their legends would be used to justify a range of nationalist causes.
The Colonels’ Failed PR Coup
A British public relations company in cahoots with sympathetic MPs was unable to whitewash the military regime that seized power in Greece in 1967.
The Greek Anatolian Adventure
Territorial concessions in Anatolia were promised to the Greeks during the First World War but, writes Cyril Falls, hope of fulfilment was defeated by the resurgent republicans of Turkey.
Greek Independence and the London Committee
Robert E. Zegger reflects on the the philhellenic crusade to free Greece in the 1820s.
Venice and the Fourth Crusade
John Godfrey describes how the capture of Constantinople in 1204 was an unexpected result of the Crusading movement.
Greek Fire in the West
Towards the end of the twelfth century, writes Jim Bradbury, Greek Fire, which the Byzantines had long used, was first employed in Western Europe.
Demosthenes: Statesman and Patriot
Stephen Usher looks back at the life of a leading Athenian orator and Idealist during the city’s long war with Macedonia and its Greek allies.
The Franks in the Peloponnese
Nicolas Cheetham describes how the Fourth Crusaders captured Byzantium in 1204 and French noblemen created feudal principalities in Southern Greece.
The Late Byzantine Empire and the West 1396-1403
Alan Haynes describes how, menaced by the Turks, the Emperor Manuel sought western help on his visits to Italy, France and England.