The Island of the Pope: Catholics in the Aegean Archipelago between Empire and Nation-State, 1770–1830. By Dimitris Kousouris. New York: Berghahn Books, 2025. xiv + 211 pp. 135. 00 cloth.

Key Points

• The work aims to explore the experiences of Catholic communities in the Aegean region during a time of political transition.
• Historical analysis of archival materials
• Examination of cultural practices
• Contextual exploration of political changes
• Identification of the cultural resilience of Catholics during the empire and nation-state shifts
• Insights into the interactions between religious and political structures
• Contributions to understanding identity formation in transitional periods