Amazing text, by Nicholas Hammond - Albos in Greece

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Telemaque Moderator Posts: 2558 (7/26/07 9:36 pm)	Amazing text, by Nicholas Hammond - Albos in Greece The whole text HERE A sample : Enlightenment: The role in the founding of modern Greece The Stradioti were Balkan mercenaries in fifteenth and sixteenth century Italy, who fought for Spanish ruled Naples, Venice and sometimes even for the Holy Roman Empire; most modern, as well as a good number of early authors have indicated that the stradioti were Arvanite. Nicholas Hammond tells us that in the Greek War of Independence the Arvanite, above all, drove the Turks out. Indeed Hammond points out that the Arvanite role in the resistance to the Turks, and in the formation of the Greek nation, was significant. Katharina Botsaris in the Souliote dress Finally they were recognised,as the vigorous Arvanite of Hydra and the warlike Arvanite of Souli (who directed the resistance of the Greeks toward the long-invasion from the Ottomans.) Most of their leaders had joined the Filike Etaireia, the Greek Revolutionary Resistance group fighting against the Ottomans. It is a striking fact that the leading defenders of Greek liberty at this time were largely Non-Greek. Koundouriotis was descended from the Arbereshi settlers in Greece in the 14th century and spoke Greek only with difficulty. One of the few leaders who maintained resistance far to the north of the Gulf of Corinth was the Souliote, Marko Botsaris, whose followers were largely Souliotes. An important claim for Marko Botsaris’ Albanian-hood comes from his identically named Grandson in 1994, a professor in the University of Queensland in Australia, when he reacted harshly toward a Greek deputy that neglected the contribution of Arvanite in the Revolution of 1821 and the origin of Marko Botsaris... *"It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be."* (Isaac Asimov) - albwatch -
ahristos Amicus Posts: 12447 (8/2/07 1:29 pm)	Re: Amazing text, by Nicholas Hammond - Albos in Greece u are mythomaniansbotsaris albanian is also kolokotronis alb
kasandri Kassandriology Mod. Posts: 133 (8/11/07 12:43 pm)	Re: Amazing text, by Nicholas Hammond - Albos in Greece Telemaque, I condemn your insulting words against the Muslim Albanian nation! Kasso, Albanian Hero, The Defender of Albanian Rights in Illyria forums

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