The Great Powers and Orthodox Christendom

The Great Powers and Orthodox Christendom

Author: Jack Fairey

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1137508469

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This new political history of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire explains why Orthodoxy became the subject of acute political competition between the Great Powers during the mid 19th century. It also explores how such rivalries led, paradoxically, both to secularizing reforms and to Europe's last great war of religion - the Crimean War.


The Old Enemies

The Old Enemies

Author: Michael Wheeler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-02-16

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 0521828104

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This wide-ranging, well-illustrated study explores how the ancient divisions between Catholics and Protestants continued in the Victorian age.


Louis Spohr

Louis Spohr

Author: Clive Brown

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780521029056

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The life and works of the once renowned nineteenth-century composer who is now largely overlooked.