tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post3411159785004998424..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: More on the "Dark" AgesO'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-56933244868176733012009-02-07T18:41:00.000+00:002009-02-07T18:41:00.000+00:00I've really only skirted the topic, but the intere...I've really only skirted the topic, but the interesting and curious aspect was the antipathy between the two Christian "schools" which Beckford highlighted- the closest paralllel today would be that existing between the shia and sunni branches of Islam. And on a purely parochial level it's also bizarre that there is an element within NI evangelicalism (eg Paisley, who gave an impressive speech atO'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-54884947592540727812009-02-07T14:59:00.000+00:002009-02-07T14:59:00.000+00:00Thanks for the pointer O'Neill. I'll have a look l...Thanks for the pointer O'Neill. I'll have a look later. I'm nearly finished Bartlett's interesting, if difficult, <I><A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Europe-Conquest-Colonization-Cultural/dp/0140154094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234018255&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">The Making of Europe</A></I>, which goes through the emergence of the idea of Europe and the common legal and social Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com