The Origins of the Idea of EuropeImportant dates:1453 - Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire was defeated by the Ottoman army - (Habsbourg was a protective wall against Islam), Byzantine was a centre of different types of Christianity, Rome and Byzantine were in conflict over the way the people were approaching the Christianity  schism (1st Schism: break-up of the Roman Empire, 1 100 (about) agreement over an ideological control), issue of language - orthodoxy (East) against Rome (latin lang...