 Reflecting a new revolutionary era in the European history after the outbreak of the French Revolution , the authors expressed sharp social criticism , castigating the corruption of the church authorities , the idleness of the monasticism , and popular superstition . They also appealed for reform of the language , education , and change to the social mores as a way to overcome backwardness and to renew people 's mentality with a more western view . They claimed that Greece is positioned within a Europe defined by the dynamics of political reforms from old and corrupt monarchical regimes to new republican communities . The modern innovative spirit of Geographia Neoteriki was also expressed in the use of a lively and malleable vernacular ( Demotic ) language with very few ties to the <unk> , a more <unk> form of Greek , which was commonly used by most Greek scholars of that time . 
