Në gjysmën e dytë të shekullit të gjashtëmbëdhjetë, pjesa më e madhe e shteteve të krishtera të Europës Perëndimore ishin në pozita mbrojtjeje kundër një superfuqie myslimane – sulltanëve të Perandorisë Osmane.

Noel Malcolm KOSOVA: HISTORI E SHKURTËR Mbase libri më i mirë i shkruar ndonjëherë për Kosovën dhe historinë e saj. Është libër aktualiteti i të cilit nuk kalon kurrë – është një vepër e mrekullueshme, gjithëpërfshirëse dhe analitike që përshkon historinë e Kosovës deri në periudhën para shuarjes së autonomisë së Kosovës më 1989.

By the early-1980s Kosovo had reached a state of permanent crisis and military occupation, and it became the main focus for the revival of Serbian nationalism. This book traces the history of Kosovo, examining the Yugoslavian conflict, and the part played by Western Europe in its destruction. 'This is a profound and important book, essent...

In the second half of the sixteenth century, most of the Christian states of Western Europe were on the defensive against a Muslim superpower - the Empire of the Ottoman sultans. There was violent conflict, from raiding and corsairing to large-scale warfare, but there were also many forms of peaceful interaction across the surprisingly po...

From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. Typically they reacted to it with fear and distrust; and such feelings were reinforced by the deep hostility of Western Christendom towards Islam. Yet there was also much curiosity a...

By the early-1980s Kosovo had reached a state of permanent crisis and military occupation, and it became the main focus for the revival of Serbian nationalism. This book traces the history of Kosovo, examining the Yugoslavian conflict, and the part played by Western Europe in its destruction. 'This is a profound and important book, essent...

Thanks to its half-century under Communism, as well as its little-known language, Albania has suffered from neglect and a sense of isolation. Yet, as this study helps to show, the Albanian lands have a long history of interaction with others. They have been a meeting-ground of Christianity and Islam; a channel through which Venice connect...