The History of Greece Under Othoman and Venetian Domination

Etukansi
General Books, 2013 - 122 sivua
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE GREEKS UNTIL THE EXTINCTION OF THE TRIBUTE OF CHRISTIAN CHILDREN. A.D. 1453-1676. The Cultivators Of The Soil Become The True Representatives or The Greek Nation During Three Centuries--Decline In The Numbers And Civilisation Of The Greek Race During This Period--A Certain DEGREE OF IMPROVEMENT TAKES PLACE IN THE MATERIAL WEALTH OF THE TOWN POPULATION--ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND CATHOLICS-- Toleration Displayed By Mohammed II. -- Contrast Between The Moral Condition Of The Greeks And Turks At This Period--InfluEnce Of Monachism On Greek Society -- Position Of The Greek Church At The Time Of The Othoman Conquest--Re-establishment Of An Orthodox Patriarch At Constantinople By Mohammed II.--SimoNiacal Elections Of The Patriarchs--Story Of A Trick By Which The Greeks Pretend That The Patriarch Jeremiah Saved The Churches In Constantinople--The Greek Laity Abstained From Appealing To Othoman Courts Of Justice More Steadily Than The Clergy--Increase Of Ecclesiastical Corruption In The Orthodox Church--General Good Conduct Of The Secular Clergy In The Rural Parishes PreServed The Profound Reverence Of The Greek People For Their National Church--Political And Social Position Of The Greek Laity--Effect Of The Immigration Of The Spanish Jews Into The Levant On The Position Of The Greek Population In The Towns-- Order Prevalent In The Cities Of The Othoman Empire--Extinction Of The Tribute Of Christian Children. The moral change in the people, produced by the submission of Greece to the Turks, was effected with unexampled rapidity, for a single generation extinguished all the boasted intelligence of the Hellenic race, and effaced every sentiment of patriotism and moral dignity in the higher orders of...

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