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**yWleIJm4** · 01-28-2009, 08:23 PM

Hello everyone!

Can someone please post the link (again) of the video(s) about "Constantinople" or "The Fall of an Empire" or "The Fourth Crusade" or something like that? I googled for it and could not find it. The videos were done by a Russian priest/historian; I used to have this link as one of my favorites, but I don't have it now. These videos were made 2-3 years ago.

Thank you,

Michael

**Erawise** · 01-28-2009, 08:28 PM

The videos were done by a Russian priest/historian And not any old priest but Archimandrite Tikhon, hegoumen of Sretensky monastery and spiritual father of one V. V. Putin.

You can download the film from pravoslavie.ru English version.

**arraxylap** · 01-28-2009, 11:59 PM

I just watched it. It's certainly an interesting film, but as a history of Byzantium, even a very condensed one, it is somewhat confusing and amorphous. Personages and events are thrown around, usually without any dates given. The clearest points congeal into a simplified and politicized account of supposed reasons for the fall of Byzantium, including: frequent changes in government (as opposed to stable, consistent rule by a single party), nationalist separatism, opening unregulated trade with the west, and a relinquishing of centralized economic authority to dispersed oligarchs. As a history of Byzantium, I don't think it is very satisfactory, but it does serve as a good explanation of the political philosophy of Vladimir Putin.

**Tapupah** · 01-29-2009, 08:08 PM

01-28-2009, 08:23 PM	#1
yWleIJm4 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	Constantinople video query Hello everyone! Can someone please post the link (again) of the video(s) about "Constantinople" or "The Fall of an Empire" or "The Fourth Crusade" or something like that? I googled for it and could not find it. The videos were done by a Russian priest/historian; I used to have this link as one of my favorites, but I don't have it now. These videos were made 2-3 years ago. Thank you, Michael Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-28-2009, 08:28 PM	#2
Erawise Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	The videos were done by a Russian priest/historian And not any old priest but Archimandrite Tikhon, hegoumen of Sretensky monastery and spiritual father of one V. V. Putin. You can download the film from pravoslavie.ru English version. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-28-2009, 11:59 PM	#3
arraxylap Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	I just watched it. It's certainly an interesting film, but as a history of Byzantium, even a very condensed one, it is somewhat confusing and amorphous. Personages and events are thrown around, usually without any dates given. The clearest points congeal into a simplified and politicized account of supposed reasons for the fall of Byzantium, including: frequent changes in government (as opposed to stable, consistent rule by a single party), nationalist separatism, opening unregulated trade with the west, and a relinquishing of centralized economic authority to dispersed oligarchs. As a history of Byzantium, I don't think it is very satisfactory, but it does serve as a good explanation of the political philosophy of Vladimir Putin. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-29-2009, 08:08 PM	#4
Tapupah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	Here are some interesting videos about Constantinople and the Christian Roman Empire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzxk_zDifc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIPia-7dm1o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcI6d8Obqe8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTaFbyoZfO4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wlhjm7ov9w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7j5IVsQ5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBUPmDAjnAo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAOdqVBVj6Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCYhhcIxfE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my5cU70RAic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O0JFVUuQSg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82DdDbEEDF8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ybM3McRsw http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=yymXqX...eature=related Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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