The Balkans is often described as a grim backwater, a βno manβs land of world politicsβ in the words of a post-World War II study βforedoomed to conflict springing from heterogeneity.β The stereotype is false, but it has been distressingly influential in shaping perceptions of the Balkan conflict an
A History of Christianity in the Balkans
β Scribed by Matthew Spinka
- Publisher
- The American Society of Church History
- Year
- 1933
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 208
- Category
- Library
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In the historical and literary imagination, the Balkans loom large as a somewhat frightening and ill-defined space, often seen negatively as a region of small and spiteful peoples, racked by racial and ethnic hatred, always ready to burst into violent conflict. The Balkans in World History re-define