2:30 p.m.
Hill Freeman Library and Spruill Learning Center, upper level Prof. James Tracy of the University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities has written several books on Early Medieval Europe.
His latest, on the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-58), has
led him to research contacts between the Holy Roman Empire and
the Ottoman Empire, the ancestor of modern-day Turkey (the two
empires shared a border in southeastern Europe). These
relations, violent and peaceful, will be the subject of his next
book. He will speak at Reinhardt about this research into the
age-old relationship between Europe and Asia, Christendom and
Islam.
Reinhardt faculty, staff, and local community members are
welcome.
Christians and Muslims have been at war off and on for well
over 1000 years. Much of the fighting has taken place in the
Middle East, one of the reasons why the area is plagued by so
much tension today. Most people are aware of the medieval
Crusades and their importance, but Ottoman-Hapsburg relations
are also important because they represent the attempts of two
relatively equal powers to relate to each other, despite vast
religious and strategic differences. The memory of the sort of
power and respect the Ottoman Empire could command is one of the
motivating factors behind Islamism today. Coordinator for this
event is Dr. Jonathan Good, 770-720-9149 or
JDG@reinhardt.edu
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