那么就能明白,黑暗时代,是源于中世纪人的失忆般的空虚感(" the Dark Ages, if one might dare a generalization, bequeathed to medieval man a kind of amnesiac void" ) ” 在利特维诺夫的书中,“黑暗”的定义就是,某一个时代没有欣赏或效仿古典希腊和罗马的文化,例如中世纪。
关于刻板印象女巫,人们严肃讨论的始起年代是1480s,“女巫狂热(witch hysteria)”最活跃的时期是1560s到1630s。很明显,理查德·基克费林(Richard Kieckhefer)在他的《中世纪魔法(Magic in the Middle Ages)》一书中,除了最后几页之外,根本没有讨论刻板印象中的女巫,而女巫审判的兴起主要被视为中世纪(2000、194-200...
Monks in the Middle Ages performed a daily routine of prayers throughout the day and night. Beginning with their early morning “Lauds” prayer at 5 A.M., the monks would pray at eight set times within each 24-hour period. The monks used ''The Book of Hours'' to guide their prayers ...
Facts on File Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions: From the Middle Ages Through the 20th Century.Bickley, Dorothy
must have been like to be a peasant in the Middle Ages is used. However,sensibilities change over time and we can't completely throw off the mentalityof the present. Therefore, every age will have a slightly different perspectiveon the same period of the past, no matter what the facts ...
Anyone wishing to find a striking instance of the fact that the German dialectical method at its present stage of development is at least as superior to the old, shallow, garrulous metaphysical method as railways are to the means of transport of the Middle Ages, should look up Adam Smith or...
So make your own choice, and reap the benefits of approaching the Middle Ages from your own unique perspective. Whether you are a serious scholar following the path of higher education or a devoted amateur, any conclusions you can support with facts will not only have validity but will help ...
But in the Middle Ages, success in Christian society tended to be violently aristocratic (warfare and land), rather than peacefully meritocratic (banking and trade). 这些历史记录证明了,那些在欧洲工作地位较高的犹太家庭子女存活率要高于那些地位较低的犹太家庭。情况对于那些其他种族的也是一样的。但在...
Study what education in the Middle Ages was like. Learn about access to a medieval education, the types of medieval schools and universities, and...
(1030).THE GEOGRAPHER ANDTHE KINGAn unusual partnership between a Muslimgeographer and a Christian king producedsome of the most influential scientific litera-ture of the Middle Ages. Around 1138, a notedMoroccan geographer named al-Idrisi (al-Edrisi) was invited to Palermo by Sicily’s Nor-...