William Tyler
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire
Summary
This lecture explores the fall of two great empires, Rome in the West in 476 CE and Byzantine in the East in 1453. William Tyler also examines the treatment of Jews and Muslims in the Byzantine Empire and highlights the division between Eastern and Western Christianity.
William Tyler
William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
Yes, Honey. Muslim is a religion, Arab is an ethnicity. Not all Muslims are Arab by any means and the Ottoman Turks, Turks, not Arabs, were Islamic. So Muslim is a religion, Arab is an ethnicity, and Stephen adds Arabs are Arab are mostly Muslim, but some Arabs are Christian Muslims follow Islam, but not necessarily Arab. Yeah, exactly, exactly, right.
Because it’s the centre of their religion. Tim, it’s the same as Jews will feel about Jerusalem. I don’t think I said Jerusalem is a holy site in Islam. Jerusalem is a holy site in Christianity. If I gave the other, if I gave a wrong impression, I’m sorry, but I didn’t mean that Jerusalem is wholly to the Christians. Why the Crusades wanted to take Jerusalem.