The German humanist Nicholas of Cusa, the idea of Christian-Muslim conciliation and the events in Bulgaria in year 1454 Cover Image

Немският хуманист Николай Кузански, идеята за християно-мюсюлманско помирение и събитията в България през 1454 г.
The German humanist Nicholas of Cusa, the idea of Christian-Muslim conciliation and the events in Bulgaria in year 1454

Author(s): Vasil Gyuzelev
Subject(s): History, Middle Ages, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, Religion and science , 15th Century, The Ottoman Empire, Book-Review
Published by: Издателска къща "Гутенберг"
Keywords: Christian-Islamic dialogue; Christian-Islamic relations; religious conciliation; Nicholas of Cusa; Book chapter;Book review;

Summary/Abstract: This article gives information about one of the three figures of intellectuals that surpassed the ideas of their time from the book "Three champions for Christian-Muslim unity". In 15th century Nicholas of Cusa found similarities between the Holy Bible and the Koran. He accomplished that in time when Byzantium was wiped from the world map from the hordes of the rising Ottoman empire and shortly after the fall of Byzantium, Bulgaria too fell under Ottoman rule.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 28-35
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian