En defensa de la edad media y en contra del renacimiento
In defense of middle ages and the silencing of that whole period of history
En defensa de la edad media y en contra del renacimiento
The Medieval Magazine
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But we can easily picture a world in which there are very few such things. What objects in the everyday life of an early medieval peasant allowed them to extend their minds? The parish Bible, a measuring stick or string, perhaps; the counting board in a shop, a dice game, a sundial. With such limited opportunities, it’s no surprise that this
... See moreRoland Allen • The Notebook
The Middle Ages, at least as reimagined by the 1960s, offered a pre-capitalist, enchanted world of communes and troubadours. Although we now stereotype the Middle Ages aesthetic as a sort of grey porridge full of nuns, this isn’t accurate. Historian Jacques Le Goff describes “big jewels inserted into the boards of book-bindings, glowing gold... See more
How Fantasy Fuelled 60s Counterculture
The Renaissance was not a popular movement; it was a movement of a small number of scholars and artists, encouraged by liberal patrons, especially the Medici and the humanist popes. But for these patrons, it might have had very much less success.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Was the Renaissance Real?
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