Dissertation/ Thesis
Οθωμανοί ιστοριογράφοι και Ελληνική Επανάσταση ; Ottoman historiographers and the Greek Revolution ; null: Osmanlı tarihçileri ve Yunan Devrimi
| Title: | Οθωμανοί ιστοριογράφοι και Ελληνική Επανάσταση ; Ottoman historiographers and the Greek Revolution ; null: Osmanlı tarihçileri ve Yunan Devrimi |
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| Authors: | Vaitsis, Nikolaos, Βαΐτσης, Νικόλαος |
| Publisher Information: | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ) |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | National Archive of PhD Theses (National Documentation Centre Greece) |
| Subject Terms: | Ελληνική Επανάσταση του 1821, Οθωμανοί ιστοριογράφοι, Greek Revolution of 1821, Ottoman historiographers, Yunan İhtilali (1821), Osmanlı tarihçileri, Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία, Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και Τέχνες, Ελληνική ιστορία, History and Archaeology, Humanities and the Arts, Greek history |
| Description: | The thesis presents the Greek Revolution as an event that also concerns the Ottomans and is a part of Ottoman history. It contributed to the evolution of the Empire and its adaptation to modernity. It aspires to fill the gap in the existing literature by studying the set of sources transcribed into the modern Turkish alphabet produced by Ottoman authors during most of the 19th century (up to 1884) and relating to the Greek Revolution. It deals with secondary sources, the narratives of the specific authors, - official chroniclers (Shanizade Effendi, Esad Effendi, Cevdet Pasha and Lutfi Effendi) and other historians (Vahit Pasha, Bahir Effendi, Mehmet Mansour Effendi and Melek Bey) and memoirists (Yusuf Effendi, Kamboudli Vasfi Effendi). The course of the Ottoman historiography during the 19th century is examined through the specific texts and some steps of progress are identified, but not radical intersections. The long tradition continues in many ways despite all the individual sections. It examines - beyond what they wrote - and how we read their works today. It focuses mainly on the narrative of the official chroniclers, without overlooking the works of other writers of the period. The official chroniclers present a narrative intended to prove that the rebels have revolted against their rightful ruler and the war is a conflict between Christians and Muslims and the rebels must be dealt with according to the holy law of Islam. The sultan with few exceptions is presented as a devout Muslim, a powerful ruler, beneficent to all his subjects. While they perceive the sultan's loss of legitimacy among his non-Muslim subjects, they inadvertently withhold it from their readers. Their targets, their readership and the language they use are explored. It is examined in the description of the events what they record and what they omit. Criticisms of the official chronographs or supplementary works were written throughout the 19th century by a variety of authors with different aims. They all are members of Ottoman ... |
| Document Type: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| Language: | Greek, Modern (1453-) |
| Relation: | https://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/56173 |
| DOI: | 10.12681/eadd/56173 |
| Availability: | https://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/56173 https://doi.org/10.12681/eadd/56173 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.42D7C7A0 |
| Database: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.12681/eadd/56173 |
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