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Dominican University of California
The Sword, The Cross and the Flag: The Theme of Martyrdom in the Greek War of Independence
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>During the 1820s Greek War of Independence, the works of many European artists and writers played an important role in alerting the Western world to the plight of the Greeks. The success of their efforts was in large measure due to their portrayals of Greeks as heroic martyrs, dying in defense of their Christian faith. This thesis examines the history of the war and the theme of persecution and martyrdom as related to several well known Greek War tragedies. It also discusses possible reasons why this was one of the last major conflicts of the modem era in which figures of religious and secular martyrs were so successful in promoting a people’s crusade for freedom.</p> <p>-Thesis excerpt-</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 1998
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- O'Brien, Maureen
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leslie Ross, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/203
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1202