What is it about?

The reception in mid-Victorian Britain of the Cretans' inurrection in the Ottoman Empire.

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Why is it important?

Highlights developments within the Liberal party, helps to explain Gladstone's understanding of the Eastern Question in the 1870s.

Perspectives

First systematic approach to the subject; useful for researchers in both British and Greek history.

Dr Pandeleimon Hionidis
Guangzhou Experimental High School

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This page is a summary of: Mid‐Victorian Liberalism and Foreign Affairs: “Cretan Atrocities” and Liberal Responses, 1866–69, Historian, December 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1111/hisn.12075.
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