History of the Balkans: Volume 1

Barbara Jelavich

Cambridge University Press, Jul 29, 1983 - History - 400 pages

Volume I discusses the history of the major Balkan nationalities. It describes the differing conditions experienced under Ottoman and Habsburg rule, but the main emphasis is on the national movements, their successes and failures to 1900, and the place of events in the Balkans in the international relations of the day.

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Contents

• List of maps and illustrations: vii
• Preface: ix
• Introduction: 1
• The historical background: 4
• Balkan Christians under Ottoman rule: 39
• The Balkan Christians: 48
• The Wars of the eighteenth century: 62
• Balkan people under Ottoman rule: 72
• Dubrovnik Moldavia and Wallachia: 98
• Political evolution in the eighteenth century: 113
• Balkan nationalities under Habsburg rule: 127
• Political and social conditions in the empire: 129
• Habsburg foreign relations in the eighteenth century: 133
• Maria Theresa and Joseph II: 134
• the Balkan nationalities in the eighteenth century: 139
• The French Revolution and Napoleon: 161
• Balkan people under Ottoman and Habsburg rulea comparison: 165
• The first national revolutions: 171
• The Serbian revolution: 193
• The revolution in the Danubian Principalities: 204
• The Greek revolution: 214
• The achievements of the first revolutions: 229
• The formation of the national governments: 235
• Serbia from Miloš to Milan: 238
• Montenegro: 247
• Greece under King Othon: 254
• The Danubian Principalities under Russian protection: 264
• the Crimean War: 274
• The formation of the Romanian state: 287
• The Balkan national regimes: 298
• The national issue in the Habsburg Empire: 300
• the Illyrian movement: 304
• The Habsburg Monarchy 18481867: 308
• Croatia Slavonia and the Vojvodina 18481868: 315
• Transylvania: 321
• The Habsburg Empire in 1867: 327
• War and revolution 18561887: 329
• Balkan cooperation: 332
• The Bulgarian national movement: 335
• Bosnia and Hercegovina: 348
• The crisis of 18751878: 352
• the League of Prizren: 361
• Bulgarian unification 18781887: 366
• a decade of relative quiet: 373
• The national movements a century of accomplishment: 377
• Bibliography: 381
• Index: 393

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of the Balkans: Volume 1
• Author: Barbara Jelavich
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983
• ISBN: 0521252490, 9780521252492
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General