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In revealing encounters with monks, nuns, bishops and archbishops, in monasteries ancient and modern, Victoria Clark measures the depth and width of the gulf now separating Europe’s Orthodox East from the Catholic and Protestant West. Many of the differences in outlook, priorities and even values can be traced back to the 1054 schism between the churches of Rome and Constantinople which created Europe’s most durable fault-line.
Travelling from Mount Athos to Istanbul and unravelling the tangled history, Victoria Clark demonstrates a rare sympathy with Eastern Orthodox Europe.
Author Information
Victoria Clark was born in Aden and educated in Britain in two Catholic convents and York University. An award-winning journalist, she worked for the Observer in Romania, in the former Yugoslavia and in Moscow. She is currently working on a book about 11th-century Europe and lives in London.
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