The fascinating record of William Leake's time in the Mani in 1805 was published in 1830 as 'Travels in the Morea'. An important section of this book is here brought to life in Martin Jones' abridgement, presenting the reader with an account of the life and customs of a unique part of Greece.
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Regarded by Lord Byron as the best informed Englishman of his time about Greece and Albania, William Leake’s insights into the region remain fresh and relevant today. First published in 1814, Researches in Greece and Albania is a classic survey of the languages spoken in Greece and the southern Balkans in the 19th century - Greek, Albanian, Wallachian (also known as Aromanian, Vlach and Koutzovlach) and Bulgarian - and their literatures. It is a seminal book for anyone interested in language and also sheds fascinating light on the culture and society of Greece and Albania in this period. While Ancient and Byzantine Greek had left their mark on European scholarship for centuries, until the publication of Leake’s book very little was known in the English-speaking world about the vernacular languages actually spoken in the region. Leake was the first to give serious study to contemporary spoken Greek and his examination of the other languages of the region was equally ground-breaking. This important work offers impressively thorough summaries of the grammar and literatures of these languages and the pioneering linguist makes a wonderful guide to Greece and Albania in this period.
William Martin Leake was a British army officer, topographer, and antiquary whose surveys of ancient Greek sites were valuable for their accurate observation and helped lay the foundation for subsequent, more detailed description and excavation. In Historical Outline of the Greek revolution, Leake explores the political and social condition of Greece under Ottoman Empire.
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