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Monthly Archives: May 2010
HAIL TO THE CHIEF:THE EMPEROR WEARS GOLD & HAS NO CLOTHES
”The prevailing soft multiculturalism of our times has made the phrase “the fall of Rome” a surprisingly controversial one. It’s much preferred to talk about “transformation” rather than “decline and fall.” In this “transformationist” view, the High Classical period of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Alaric the Goth, Alec Guinness, Alexander Knights, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Attila the Hun, Augustine The City of God, Bryan Ward Perkins, Caravaggio, Dante Alighieri, David Frum, Edward Gibbon, frumforum.com, Gothic historian Jordanes, James mason, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, John Landis, Jon Landis, Jordanes, Late Antiquity, Peter Heather, Priskos, Saint Augustine, Saint Jerome, Sam Bronston, Sophia Loren, Stilicho the Vandal
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FRIENDS, ROMANS & BARBARIANS:TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK ON CIVILIZATION
Huns, Vandals, Goths; wild hordes of savages who broke down the gates of the civilized world? Or is their evil fame the result of a bad historical press? The prevailing soft multiculturalism of our times has made the phrase “the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Amminanus Marcellinus, Attila the Hun, Bernard S. Bachrach, Bishop Ulfilas, Bryan Ward Perkins, Conversion of the Goths, David Frum, frumforum.com, Gustave Dore, Lord of the Rings Tolkein, Ludwig Thiersch, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Peter Heather, Thomas R. Martin, www.thecimmerian.com
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SKINNING CATS & LEOPARD SKIN PILLBOX HATS
There they were on a Sunday morning 1n the 1890’s , pedaling with determination along the New Jersey Palisades until they found a quiet stretch of river. Then they stripped off their serviceable knickerbockers and blouses, and bathed, glowing with … Continue reading
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Tagged A.B. Paine, Amelia Bloomer, Anne Perkins Guardian, Bronson Alcott, Edward Carpenter, Elisabeth Dorr, Elizabeth Dorr, Emily Davidson, Ethel Hay, Fabian Society, Fabians, Fellowship of the New Life, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Havelock Ellis, Henry David Thoreau, James A. Good, John A. Good, John Galsworthy, John Galsworthy The Forsythe Saga, John Ruskin, Kevin Stoos, Mark Twain, mommylife.net, Oscar Wilde, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ruskin, Sidney Webb, Stephen Fry Wilde, Sylvester Graham, The Fabian Window, The fabians, Thomas Davidson, Walt Whitman, Wandervogel, www.mondomonkey.com, www.twainquotes.com
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THEY SHOT THE SHERRIF
The Jamaica which began statehood had few of the characteristics which tended to attract organized crime to the Caribbean. There were no casinos as in Cuba, no off-shore banks as in the Bahamas, or history of deep corruption on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Sives, Anthony harriett, Anthony P. Maingot, Bell Hooks, Bruce Golding, Carl Stone, Christopher Dudus Coke, Edward Seaga, Faye V. Harrison, Holly Sklar, Jamaica Labor Party, Jim Brown Don of Dons, Jim Brown Tivoli gardens, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come, Laurie Gunst, Matthew McClearn, Michael Manley Jamaica, Richard S. Hillman, Steve Light, Terry lacey, Terry Lacy, Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye, Wilfredo Lozano, Z communications Michael Albert, Z Magazine
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WILL THE LAST BARBARIAN POETICALLY TURN OUT THE LIGHT
The barbarian invasions destroyed classical civilization in the period 350-700 A.D. The period included the fall of Rome in A.D. 476 and through the 500 or so years that followed , the Dark Ages became the early Middle Ages. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Bryan Ward Perkins, David Frum, Denis Diderot, Diderot, frumforum.com, fugitive Ink, Henri Pirenne, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Joseph-Noel Sylvestre, Karl Briullov, Karl Bruillov, Michael Rosenblum, mud-brick.com, Peter Heather, RosenblumTV, Sutton Hoo Helmet, The Dark Ages, The Dark Ages The History Channel
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KNIGHTY-NIGHT TO THE ART-RISTOCRATS
The latter years of the fourteenth-century and the early years of the fifteenth were the grimmest period in French history. Between the Black Death, the everlasting war with England, plundering raids, taxies and levies; circumstances conspired to reduce the voice … Continue reading
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Tagged Angers Apocalypse Tapestries, Angers tapestries, Bible Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Charles the Bold, Claus de Werve, Duc de Berry, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Burgundy, Gothic Sculpture, Hieronymous Bosch, International Style, Jean Duc de Berry, Larry Solomon, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Louis Duke of Anjou, Medieval Illuminated manuscripts, Nicolas Bataille, Northern Renaissance Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, S. Agnes, Sean Martinfield, The Royal Gold Cup, The Royal Gold Cup of England and France
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ROBIN HOOD THE MISUNDERSTOOD
”Another Robin Hood movie, another ideological travesty. Interviewed recently on his role in the new epic, Russell Crowe said it was a story of class warfare, of robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. It’s an alarming omen to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Benigno, Carrie Eckles, John Ridpath, Martin Buber, Mel Brooks, Michael Curtiz, Norman Invasion, Oscar Wilde, Piers Plowman, Reverend Tim Jones, Robin Hood, Robin Hood maid marion, Robin Hood Sherwood Forest, Robin of Sherwood, Robin Williamson Incredible String band, Russell Crowe, Stephen Fry, Stephen Fry Wilde, The Incredible String Band, William Langland
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