THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE REHABILITATION OF THE FIGHTERS OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION, 1821-1906
Abstract
What were the legislative commitments and decisions regarding the re¬habilitation of the contributors of the Greek Revolution? Which moral and material rewards did the Greek state reserve for warriors, politicians, ‘‘internal creditors’’ and war-affected individuals?
This article focuses on the bureaucracy of the rehabilitation of the liberators of Greece, from the beginning of the revolution until the dawn of the 20th century. It presents the diversity of the fighters' claims and respectively their rewards (medals, military and political offices, appoint¬ments, compensations, lands, pensions, political rights), the work of the evaluation committees and also the interaction between veterans’ demands, socio-economic circumstances and governmental practices.
The article first of all, outlines the institutional framework, on which the rehabilitation of the fighters was based. Next, it examines three crucial episodes of the whole process: the establishment of aristeion (commemora¬tive medal, 1834) and the evolution of its awards until December 1836, the National Assembly’s (1843-1844) resolutions regarding the veterans and their implementation, and finally, the work of the last Struggle Com¬mittee (1865-1877).
The primary sources for this article include the relevant 19th centu¬ry legislation, the Archive of Aristeia (General State Archives, 1833- 1865), the Archive of the Fighters (National Library of Greece, 1865- 1877) and the Greek Press (1828-1877).
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VASILEIOU, S. (2024). THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE REHABILITATION OF THE FIGHTERS OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION, 1821-1906. Mnimon, 39, 87–111. https://doi.org/10.12681/mnimon.37410
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