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The Great Powers and Orthodox Christendom

The Crisis over the Eastern Church in the Era of the Crimean War

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  1. Jack Fairey
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Part of the book series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000 (HISASE)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Reason in Exile: The War for Orthodox Christendom

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 1-26

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

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 27-57

  4. Ponsonby vs the Patriarch: Orthodoxy and European Diplomacy

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 58-86

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

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 87-114

  6. A Cossack Takes the Cross: Prince Menshikov’s Crusade

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 115-143

  7. Ambassadors of Peace: Recasting Orthodox Christendom

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 144-171

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

    • Jack Fairey
    Pages 172-203

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 204-283
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About this book

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.

About the author

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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