Can we speak Greek? Martin Crusius’s Project
Alexander Bevilacqua, 3 April 2025
In the late 16th century, a stream of Greek émigrés passed through the south German university town of Tübingen. After recounting the indignities they had suffered (or claimed to have suffered) under Ottoman rule, some were allowed to beg at the church door or offered money from church collections. Others were turned away: after all, there was no way to check their...