Word: medievales
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No matter how intensely the bitterness for civilization's trespass conflicted with the sweetness of Kozelek's and Red House Painters' presence on Sunday night, nothing plagued the performance more than the choice of venue. With its blatant hybridization of Roman Mythology and medieval macabre, complete with apsidal carvings on...
Clearly this is a case of genealogy at its ugliest--the "we're more exclusive than you" mentality that Burke's inspires and promotes. Many genealogists have abandoned that attitude and search for the identities of their forebears. I find it more interesting to note that Richard M. Nixon and...
After the woman pointed out that the idea of "prima nocta" in Gibson's film "Braveheart" was an 18th century invention that had no place in a medieval film, Gibson asked, "Damn cinematic, isn't it?"
The unruly story lines did not go unremarked upon by early ecclesiastics trying to create systems of Scripture-based faith. St. Jerome, who translated the Word from Hebrew into Latin, grumbled that many of the narratives were "rude and repellent." A medieval rabbi, borrowing an image from the story of...
The Arab claim about the tunnel was, in fact, a big lie: modern propaganda with medieval resonance. In medieval times, massacres against Jews were often carried out as vengeance for some alleged Jewish desecration of Christianity. How would NPR have covered the blood-libel-inspired massacre of the Jews of...