The two-hundredth anniversary of the Greek Revolution stands as a historic milestone of great significance. With the aim of serving and enhancing historical knowledge and memory, Parisian Publications inaugurates the publishing series "Philhellenic Library," which will extend over a considerable number of volumes and include valuable testimonies, memoirs, and biographies of renowned philhellenes, rare documents, as well as in-depth studies on their lives and actions.
The book "The Age of the Philhellenes" by Wilhelm Barth and Max Kerrich-Korn, the second volume of the "Philhellenic Library" series, seeks to fill an important bibliographic gap and contribute to the advancement of domestic philhellenic research. It is indeed a monumental work. The extensive information it includes on more than 800 philhellenes is invaluable, while the lives and actions of the people who fought for Greece's independence are illuminated within its pages. The book is complemented by an extensive introductory study by Kostas Papailiou, who is also the editor of the series.
Contents
Philhellenic Library 7
Preface 11
Introduction by the Editor 13
The Age of the Philhellenes
Acknowledgments to Wilhelm Barth 27
The Precursors 29
The Excavation of the Antiquities of Aegina 36
How the Sculptures were Discovered in Vasses of Figaleia 38
Philhellenism and Philhellenes 41
The Legion of the Philhellenes 50
The Assault on the Fortress of Palamidi (Nafplio) 51
The Continental Campaign under Makrygiannis and Normann 53
Germans who Participated in the Continental Campaign of the 2nd (German) Company of the Legion of the Philhellenes (From the book: "The Legion of the Philhellenes" by J. D. Elster) 64
The German Legion 71
The Bavarian Journey to Greece in 1826 75
Observations on the Nominal List of European and American Philhellenes 79
Names of the Ships with which the Philhellenes Travelled to Greece, with the Assistance of the German and Swiss Philhellenic Societies 91
Interpretation of Abbreviations in the Nominal List of Philhellenes 92
Nominal List of European and American Philhellenes
Bibliography
Romanian Philhellenism
Appendices
