![]() Many of the roots of violent Serbian nationalism, on awful display in the 1990s, lie in the Serbian history of Christian and Muslim armies clashing on its territory. The clash of religions – and indeed civilisations – is largely forgotten in much of western Europe, but it still has a legacy that is pulled on, in particular by those seeking to justify violent extremism in the name of either religion. Predominantly a conflict between the Muslim Ottoman empire and the Christian Spanish empire, the fighting saw many others sucked in – and many people of each religion fighting on the ‘wrong’ side – but that does not detract from the underlying clash between two different empires with very strong religious overtones. ![]() Roger Crowley’s book is an account of the naval battles for control of the Mediterranean during the sixteenth century. ![]()
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