HIST 2100 Lecture 8: Class 2
15 May 2019
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The balkan enlightenment and the birth of greek nationalism. Ottomans weren"t against people getting educated, as long as peaceful and law abiding. Towards the end of the period of the ottoman empire, there was much more suppression. Ottomans didn"t encourage public printing (mainly had to import books) Didn"t want too many ideas circulating throughout the empire (rebellious) Constitution"s, checks and balances to authority/end of absolutist rule. Revolutions of the young turks was mainly based on reducing the absolute authority of the. When greeks adopted the enlightenment ideals, their first target was the patriarch of. Diaspora: educated greeks/grecophones in western europe and parts in northern. Greek secular schools established to recruit people to movement towards a greek state. Trouble of the greek diaspora was establishing what the center was (where people left from) Academies of higher education were distributed throughout the empire. The leaders of the orthodox church, the phariots and others received their education at these institutions.
