'Two thousand years of suffering': George Finlay and the "History of Greece"

'Two thousand years of suffering': George Finlay and the "History of Greece"

Liz Potter

Gennaio 1, 2009

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Journal Article

Liz Potter

Journal Article

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George Finlay's engagement with Greek affairs was both as an active philhellene and as an historian of Greece. While a student of law he became interested in themes such as civil liberty and political economy which he elaborated later in his historical writing. He was also inspired by philhellenism and after coming to fight for Greece in 1823-25, he returned in 1827 to live in the country for the rest of his life. Despite the variety of broader contexts in which Finlay can be fruitfully considered, relatively little has been written about him. This paper situates Finlay in the context of the history of ideas and aims at a better understanding of his major work, History of Greece 146-1864 AD (7 vols, 1877), by tracing the intellectual roots of his attitudes and the contemporary context as well as the development of Finlay's liberal philhellenism.

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Gennaio 1, 2009

British School at Athens Studies

JSTOR

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British School at Athens Studies

Copyright © 2009 British School at Athens

'Two thousand years of suffering'

'Two thousand years of suffering': George Finlay and the "History of Greece"

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