What to expect when expecting: waiting for the Russians in the eighteenth century Ottoman Empire.

Autor: Carras, Iannis
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Zdroj: History of European Ideas; Dec2022, Vol. 48 Issue 8, p1074-1088, 15p
Abstrakt: This article surveys recent work on oracular prophecies and their role in Greek perceptions of Russia in the early modern period. Drawing on this survey, the article provides a critical assessment of the historiographical paradigm of the 'Russian Expectation' offered by Paschalis Kitromilides for the analysis of Greek-Russian relations. Finally, the article proposes that scholars should focus on the concept of protection as an aspect of political language, this providing an explanation for particular Greek and also Russian interpretations of the Treaty of Kuçuk-Kaynardja of 1774. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index