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Morea (Gr****: Μορέας or Μωριάς) was the name of the
Peloponnese peninsula in
southern Greece during the
Middle Ages and the
early modern period. The name...
- On the
outbreak of the Gr**** War of Independence, he
organized a band of
Moreot klephts and
captured Tripolitsa in late 1821.
Kolokotronis achieved his...
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Thomas Palaiologos (Gr****: Θωμᾶς Παλαιολόγος; 1409 – 12 May 1465) was
Despot of the
Morea from 1428
until the fall of the
despotate in 1460,
although he...
- of the
Moreot landowners by
granting them both
further lands and
various privileges. He also
staged local athletic games,
where young Moreots could run...
- Still,
Petrobey was an
active parti****nt in the
various designs of the
Moreot kapetanei (καπεταναίοι, 'captains,
commanders of warbands') for an uprising...
- in the Morea.
Though he
never proclaimed himself emperor, some of the
Moreots wished to
proclaim Demetrios, the
oldest living brother of Constantine...
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Turks invaded and
subjugated Corinth and Vasilika,
alongside other northern Moreot towns and fortresses, in 1458, two
years before completing the conquest...
- owed
fealty to
William only for his
Moreot domains, not for the
Lordship of Athens.
Instead of
forfeiting Guy's
Moreot fiefs, the High
Court referred his...
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Minister of the Interior. He was the most
unprincipled man of the
party of the
Moreot chiefs. The
universal indignation now
expressed at his
conducts convinced...
- thus
giving time to
reinforcements coming from Morea. In
early November,
Moreot troops disembarked in the city, the
negotiations ceased, and the Ottoman...
