Abstract
In fact, substantial changes in the problem of Europe were much more due to the impact of the Eastern Question than to the revolutions of 1848. The ‘Eastern Question’ dated back to the 1770s and was a factor of long-term influence upon the relationship of the powers. The ‘answers’ of the various powers to the question of how best to respond to the decay of Ottoman power and authority in the eastern Mediterranean were contradictory, inconsistent and varied in changing circumstances.
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Anderson, M. S., The Eastern Question, 1774–1923 (Macmillan, 1966).
Crawley, M. Greek Independence, 1832–1833 (Cambridge, 1955).
Gooch, B. D., The Origins of the Crimean War (Heath, 1969).
Hibbert, C., The Destruction of Lord Raglan (Longman, 1961).
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Miller, S.T. (1988). The Eastern Question 1804–56. In: Mastering Modern European History. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19580-0_11
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