I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in… — Steven Runciman Copy Share Image
Unlike Christianity, which preached a peace that it never achieved, Islam unashamedly came with a sword. — Steven Runciman Copy Share Image
“Their lives were precarious and they knew it. They were trying their best to fit themselves into a country which would never quite accept… — Steven Runciman Copy Share Image
I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping… — Steven Runciman Copy Share Image
Riches should come as the reward for hard work, preferably by one's forebears — Steven Runciman Copy Share Image
The Patriarch Joseph, after agreeing with the Latins that their formula of the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Son meant the same as the… — Steven Runciman Copy Share Image
