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Tag Archives: Edward Gibbon
journey to the dark past
A thousand years ago our forebears lived in a “dark age.” They themselves did not think it was dark and they were only half wrong. To those who think we are entering a new dark age… …Food varied with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Gibbon, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Jacques le Goff, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Medieval Civilization, Raoul Glaber chronicler, Sharan Newman, The Dark Ages, The Dark Ages food, The Dark Ages housing shelter
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fifty score years ago, our forebears…
Are we entering a new Dark Age? Is one at hand? We might well to look back to the last Dark Age, which beclouded Europe from the fall of Rome to the beginning of the brilliant Middle Age in, more … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayeaux Tapestry, Edward Gibbon, Frank Thadeusz, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Jacques le Goff, Limbourg Brothers, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Professor Lynn White, Raoul Glaber chronicler, The Dark Ages, The Middle Ages
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dark ages and rages and sages
A thousand years ago the “dark ages” were dark, but maybe not as dark as we imagine today. Certainly, our forebears themselves did not think so, and they were only half wrong… …In Latin, only a few love songs and … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Gibbon, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Hatto I Archbishop of Mainz, Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, Hucbald monk of St.-Amand, jean fouquet, King Alfred ninth century, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Saint Dinstan famous organ, The Dark Ages, Umberto Eco
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when we were dark
The Dark Ages. At the time, our forebears did not think it was all that dark, and they were only half wrong… …The world of a thousand years ago, then, had its centers of devotion and learning, islands in an … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Adalberon of Reims, Carolingian book production, Edward Gibbon, England Winchester School, First Romanesque architecture, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Ottonian architectural style, Pre-Romanesque architecture, The Dark Ages, The utrecht Psalter
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cluny and the gall chatter
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Look at two of the monasteries. First, Saint Gall in Switzerland, founded in the seventh century, and the home of a long line of learned and virtuous men. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbot of Cluny, Abbot of Cluny Magilo, Book of Maccabees I, Edward Gibbon, Limbourg Brothers, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Opus Dei, Pope Gregory VII, Saint Gall monastery, Saint Gall Switzerland, St. Odo Cluny, The Dark Ages, The utrecht Psalter
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1000 years ago: deep in the archives
A thousand years ago our forebears lived in a “dark age.” They themselves did not think it was dark and they were only half wrong… …Our Western world was unquestionably Catholic, although the Church sanctified relics of pagan practice and … Continue reading
fire sale
Yes, the complete Roman empire was once set on the auction block. Including Rome itself, the eternal city at the height of its glory. Yes, everything from Araby to Aragon. A very impressive piece of real estate indeed. The story … Continue reading
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Tagged Didius Julianus, Dio Cassius, Edward Gibbon, Emperor Nero, Laetus Praetorian Guards, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcia execution by Julianus, Pertinax, Praetorian Guards, Septimius Severus, Suetonius, Sulpicianus mayor of Rome, Tacitus Roman Historian, Thomas Couture
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the opportunist
It was early evening. The sun had just set after the assassination of Pertinex. Rome was at dinner. In the imperial courtyard a body lay without a head. The head of the emperor was a few hundred yards outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged Commodus Roman Emperor, Didius Julianus, Dio Cassius, Edward Gibbon, Elagabalus Roman Emperor, Emperor Caligula, Jeffrey Bernard, lawrence Alma-Tadema, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pertinax, Pertinax Emperor of Rome, Repentinus, Suetonius, Sulpicianus mayor of Rome, Tacitus, Tacitus Roman Historian
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rome up for sale! …everything must go!
There was a night they auctioned off the Roman Empire. From the west coast to the east, it was released, from Araby to Aragon, including the Eternal City Rome at the height of its glory. All in all, it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Christopher Plummer, Commodus, Didius Julianis, Eclectus Commodus's chamberlain, Edward Gibbon, Emperor Vespasian, Josephus Flavius, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcia and Commodus, Marcus Aurelius, Pertinax Roman Emperor, Praetorian Guard Laetus, T.S. Eliot, Tacitus Roman Historian, Thomas Cole painting, Titus and Domitian
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