With thousands of refugees streaming to
Europe along with (mostly illegal) immigrants and with terrorism being a
futile though popular kind of “battle” preferably used by those who
know nothing but violence to make their point, there is much talk about
the clash of cultures. The most obvious tensions certainly are between
the Christian and the Islamic world, but they didn’t just arise out of
the blue. In fact, they date back a very long time and to understand
them properly it is essential to know their historical as well as
socio-political background. Undoubtedly, one of the key events in
Muslim-Christian relations is the end of Christian Byzantium. In his
book Constantinople. The Last Great Siege 1453 English
writer Roger Crowley paints a vivid picture of the last weeks of the
glorious capital of what remained of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine
Empire.Wednesday, 8 June 2016
New on Lagraziana's Kalliopeion: Constantinople by Roger Crowley
With thousands of refugees streaming to
Europe along with (mostly illegal) immigrants and with terrorism being a
futile though popular kind of “battle” preferably used by those who
know nothing but violence to make their point, there is much talk about
the clash of cultures. The most obvious tensions certainly are between
the Christian and the Islamic world, but they didn’t just arise out of
the blue. In fact, they date back a very long time and to understand
them properly it is essential to know their historical as well as
socio-political background. Undoubtedly, one of the key events in
Muslim-Christian relations is the end of Christian Byzantium. In his
book Constantinople. The Last Great Siege 1453 English
writer Roger Crowley paints a vivid picture of the last weeks of the
glorious capital of what remained of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine
Empire.
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