The Filiki Etairia, whether seen as "moral beings" as noted by Ioannis Philimon, or as "second-rate people" as observed by Apostolos Vakalopoulos, have occupied and will occupy historians for many years. They will also pique the interest of the collective memory of the societies from which the Filiki Etairia emerged, acted, traveled, and envisioned the pinnacle event of modern European history: the Greek Revolution. A Revolution that was not accomplished solely through deeds but also through words.

In this volume, the reader will find original historical approaches and rich bibliographic material on the Filiki Etairia. The first part examines the social, political, and ideological spaces of post-Napoleonic Europe and Ottoman-ruled Greece, within which the Secret Societies and the Filiki Etairia were born.

The second part focuses on the Filiki Etairia as a national revolutionary secret organization with a clear political goal, as well as its role in post-revolutionary narratives, such as the memoirs of fighters and the school history textbooks of primary and secondary education.