-
studied the
klephts in the 19th century, and
stated that the
principle of
kinship and
honour seen in
Albanian besa
could be seen
among the
klephts after centuries...
-
composed of Gr****s who were
either former klephts or
village stalwarts who had
taken up arms
against the
klephts in the
defense of
their district. The Gr****...
-
outbreak of the Gr**** War of Independence, he
organized a band of
Moreot klephts and
captured Tripolitsa in late 1821.
Kolokotronis achieved his greatest...
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called "
klephts" (Gr****: κλέφτες) (the Gr****
equivalent of the hajduks) that
struck at
Muslims and
Christians alike.
Defying Ottoman rule, the
klephts were...
- Kara
Michalis in 1489. The
action of the
klephts in
Olympus led the
Turks to
visit their outrage on the
klephts' ally-village of
Milia (in the late 17th...
-
Pindus mountains,
where klephts such as
Antonis Katsantonis operated.
Although Russian propaganda had
begun influencing the
klephts and armatoloi, the ideals...
-
Muslims and
Christians alike,
called klephts (κλέφτες) in Gr****, the
equivalent of Hajduks.
Defying Ottoman rule, the
klephts were
highly admired and held a...
-
invited all the
chieftains of the
bands of
klephts in the
Peloponnese to a meeting, and they
formed a
klepht-armatoloi federation. This
federation brought...
- to
repress the
klephts. They were
hence called armatoli. In fact the
armatole tended to act more as
allies than
enemies of the
klephts. The conditions...
- po****tion from the
plains to the mountains. This
occasioned the rise of the
klephts,
armed brigands and rebels, in the mountains, as well as the corresponding...
