Fighting for God: Religious Conflicts in the Middle Ages & the 21st Century
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Modern conflicts which contain a strong religious element can often appear baffling and frightening. Knowing more about the historical background of such conflicts may not help us to solve them, but at least it will help us to understand them more clearly. What links can we draw, for example, between modern terrorism and the Crusades?
This talk will look back to interaction between religious groups (Christians, Muslims and Jews) in the Middle Ages to show how many of today’s most intractable conflicts have their origins in quite distant historical eras.