Middle Eastern and European Christianity, 16th-20th Century

In these enthralling essays, Bernard Heyberger, with elegance and clarity, has unravelled many Middle Eastern knots and evoked some of the more fascinating connections and exchanges that have characterized the world of the Mediterranean. -- Alastair Hamilton * Times Literary Supplement *
The assembled pieces from the writings of Bernard Heyberger form a well-chosen and convincing cross section of the many different subjects that he has touched upon in his wide oeuvre and provide illustrative insights into the most important aspects of the work’s subject, the connected histories of Eastern and Western Christianity in early modern and modern times. -- Carsten Walbiner, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
This collection of essays by Bernard Heyberger is a monument to scholarship and erudition, and introduces his pioneering work on the connected history of the Middle Eastern Christian Churches to a broad anglophone audience. Based on an enormous range of archival sources, and guided by careful methodological considerations, the essays in this volume follow the lives of clerics, travellers, merchants and nuns between Syria, Italy and Rome. They connect their experiences with the epochal social, theological and ideological changes that mark the early modern and modern world. Heyberger’s compassionate approach combines microhistory with social, economic and political history and will stand as a model for generations of students interested in the relations between Europe and the Middle East. -- Jan Loop, University of Copenhagen
This excellent selection of texts is aptly contextualized by Heather Sharkey’s preface, the extensive introduction by Aurélien Girard, Cesare Santus and Karène Sanchez-Summerer, and the epilogue by Jean-Paul Ghobrial. These three pieces...provide insightful interpretations of Heyberger’s work. They allow both those new to the work of Heyberger and those who know (parts of) his work to see new connections and themes, underlining the importance of his work for a whole generation of scholars. -- Heleen Murre-van den Berg, Radboud University * Journal of Eastern Christian Studies *