Religious Quest and National Identity in the Balkans - (Studies in Russia and East Europe) by Celia Hawkesworth & Muriel Heppell & Harry Norris

Book Synopsis

This book offers rare insights into the cultural traditions that have shaped the Balkan region - from pagan times, through folk culture, the medieval Christian churches, the encounter between Christianity and Islam, up to the religious and national mythologies that have proved so destructive in the present day. With the Balkans a central focus of European concern at the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume is a timely reminder of the complex cultural processes that continue to affect the modern world.

About the Author

FLORENTINA BADALANOVA Research Associate, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London BERNARD HAMILTON Professor Emeritus of Crusading History, University of Nottingham VLADETA JANKOVIC Professor of Classical Literature, University of Belgrade ALEXANDER LOPASIC previously Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Reading NOEL MALCOLM previously Foreign Editor of the Spectator ELISSAVETA MOUSSAKOVA Head of Department of Manuscripts and Old Printed Books, National Library, Sofia JOHN NANDRIS previously Senior Lecturer in European Prehistory, Institute of Archaeology, University College London JOHN D. NORTON Director, Centre for Turkish Studies, University of Durham IOAN-AUREL POP Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania JENNIFER SCARCE Curator of Middle Eastern Culture, National Museums of Scotland MITJA VELIKONJA Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana F.A.K. YASAMEE Senior Lecturer, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester