tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post3849819710048337520..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Deus vult! Part Two: On Your MarksTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-87906339226384864882016-09-23T06:26:13.861-04:002016-09-23T06:26:13.861-04:00Gratias ago optimas pro clarificatione de ... non ...Gratias ago optimas pro clarificatione de ... non tam sapienti ... Runciman.Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-76517934142337392282016-04-13T14:38:06.768-04:002016-04-13T14:38:06.768-04:00What I find interesting is how we modern people wa...What I find interesting is how we modern people want to see the Crusades as an *obvious* example of religion (whatever that is) being bad, yet we also want to see the Crusades as *really* motivated by non-religious goals such as money. I wonder if these interpretations can be reconciled, or even stem from a common foundation?<br /><br />Christi pax,<br /><br />LucretiusLucretiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-21210092066347969352016-04-09T22:32:50.462-04:002016-04-09T22:32:50.462-04:00Most of that will take place after the time frame ...Most of that will take place after the time frame of this post.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-81881339982552787652016-04-09T15:39:24.618-04:002016-04-09T15:39:24.618-04:00"Meanwhile, let's see if we can find copi..."Meanwhile, let's see if we can find copies of these Greek books the Latins mentioned. The Byzantines must have some."<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Greek_Classics#Spain_and_Sicilydermothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10814535373795945000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-76990194523639649782016-04-05T21:40:56.724-04:002016-04-05T21:40:56.724-04:00A nuance concerning the deportation of the Christi...A nuance concerning the deportation of the Christians from Anatolia in 1923:<br /><br />This was not a unilateral expulsion, but half of a <b>mutual</b> deportation of religious minorities between Greece and Turkey, under the terms of the Treaty of Lausanne. The other half was the deportation of the Muslims from Greece. Political leaders of both nation-states claimed to be acting in the best interests of all concerned, as both new pollitical entities tried to throw off their legacies from the oppressive, fallen, multi-ethnic Ottoman empire.<br /><br />The result was a lot of Greek-speaking Muslims trying to rebuild their shattered lives in the communities vacated by the Turkish-speaking Christians of Anatolia, while their Turkish-speaking Christian counterparts tried to rebuild <i>their</i> lives in the communities vacated by the Greek-speaking Muslims of Greece.<br /><br />The reference is <i>Twice a Stranger</i> by Bruce Clark, Harvard University Press, 2006.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-18899460817564128322016-04-05T14:54:46.704-04:002016-04-05T14:54:46.704-04:00This series is excellent, and I am very much enjoy...This series is excellent, and I am very much enjoying it. Thank you.Kevin L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04098512625377522339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-41457588359726914942016-04-05T14:02:02.816-04:002016-04-05T14:02:02.816-04:00Wonderful stuff! Now we're getting to where I&...Wonderful stuff! Now we're getting to where I've come across maybe 15%-20% of this stuff, up from maybe 5% in the prologue. Either way, I'm very grateful for having lacuna and details filled in. <br /><br />One can always find a scoundrel or 6 to discredit something, people being people and all. But that doesn't mean you can discount the motivations of the other people involved. Joseph Moorehttps://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-33674924705945125262016-04-04T13:17:10.212-04:002016-04-04T13:17:10.212-04:00Your amateur history series are excellent. This o...Your amateur history series are excellent. This one is a bit tougher though, isn't it? With Galileo, you (mostly) just have to get the documentary evidence out there. The revision of the pop-narrative (un-revision?) writes itself. With the Crusades, you have the additional and more serious problem of interpretation and paradigm-shift. Good luck going uphill on this one!Robhttp://ralspaugh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com