This new political history of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire explains why Orthodoxy became the subject of acute political competition between the Great Powers during the mid 19th century. It also explores how such rivalries led, paradoxically, both to secularizing reforms and to Europe's last great war of religion - the Crimean War.

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Jack Fairey has taught European, Ottoman, Greek, and Mediterranean history at the National University of Singapore and at Queens University and York University in Canada. His research work deals primarily with Orthodox Christendom and the early modern empires of the eastern Mediterranean.

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Book Title: The Great Powers and Orthodox Christendom
Book Subtitle: The Crisis over the Eastern Church in the Era of the Crimean War
Authors: Jack Fairey
Series Title: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137508461
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50845-4Published: 14 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50846-1Published: 15 September 2015
Series ISSN: 2946-3351
Series E-ISSN: 2946-336X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 283
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of the Middle East, History of Philosophy, European History, History of Military, Religious Studies, general, Modern History

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Reason in Exile: The War for Orthodox Christendom

A Patriarch’s Progress: The Great Church under Grigórios VI

Ponsonby vs the Patriarch: Orthodoxy and European Diplomacy

‘The Great Game of Improvement’: Reşid Paşa and Reform

A Cossack Takes the Cross: Prince Menshikov’s Crusade

Ambassadors of Peace: Recasting Orthodox Christendom

‘A Complete Revolution’: The Great Church and the Great Powers

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