Who saved the Parthenon? [electronic resource] : a new history of the Acropolis before, during and after the Greek Revolution / William St Clair.

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"In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throughout the modern era to the present day, with special emphasis on the period before, during, and after the Greek War of Independence of 1821 32. Focusing particularly on the question of who saved the Parthenon from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: St. Clair, William (Author)
Corporate Author: Open Book Publishers (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, UK] Open Book Publishers, [2022]
Subjects:
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece) > Antiquities.
Greece > History > War of Independence, 1821-1829.
Online Access:
Open Book Publishers: 2022 (Open Book Publishers)
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks): 2022 (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2022 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Variant Title:
Who Saved the Parthenon? : A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Why another book? The place The people The encounter
  • Communities, real and imagined
  • The evidence
  • The new science and its enemies
  • Towards a practical theory of history
  • Romanticism and its rhetorics
  • The choices
  • The Siege of 1826 and 1827
  • The surrender
  • The last days of Ottoman Athens
  • The living
  • The dead
  • "The world had need of them"
  • The secret
  • The bargain
  • The silence
  • The stories
  • Which pasts, which futures?
  • Still a dark heritage
  • Whose Parthenon?
  • The Parthenon in our time
  • Heritage
  • Appendix A: The Firman obtained by Lord Elgin in 1801 and related documents
  • Appendix B: The Firman of 1821
  • Appendix C: The intercepted letters of the Ottoman military commander (Seraskier) Reşid Mehmed Pasha, often Known as Kiutahi or Reschid
  • Appendix D: The Firman of 1826 and other primary documents relating to the preservation of the ancient monuments of Athens issued by the Ottoman government
  • Appendix E: Primary contemporary documents recording the views of those who opposed the Greek Revolution
  • Appendix F: Four local descriptions of Athens from the long millennium.