The Birth of a Nation-State — Season 1, Episode 8: Intellectuals’ Struggle & the Greek Diaspora
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 14 episodes
Episode synopsis
With their modern ideas and activities, Greek intellectuals and expatriates prepared the ground for the burst of the Revolution in 1821. Two of the most emblematic figures were Adamantios Korais and Rigas Velestinlis.
About The Birth of a Nation-State
Working for their master’s dissertation, two history students investigate life in Ottoman Greece. A docudrama series that presents the course of Hellenism over the four centuries of Ottoman rule.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Towards the Fall of Constantinople
- E2Sacred War
- E3Administration and Economy in Ottoman Greece
- E4Education and the Role of the Church
- E5Language and Culture
- E6Everyday Life in Ottoman Greece
- E7Pre-Revolutionary Movements
- E9The Way to Revolution
- E10The Greek Revolution (Part 1)
- E11The Greek Revolution (Part 2)
- E12Sea and Revolution
- E13Free Greece and Kapodistias