Medieval flair livens field day Aug 17, 2008
AUBURN Sterling isn't the only place to lay claim to a piece of the Middle Ages this summer. For many years, the Booker T. Washington Center has hosted a summer field days, with food and games, but this year it was a time to try something a little bit different. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
TEXTBOOK LIES ABOUT ISLAM Aug 17, 2008
While Islamists call for a return to tradition, many Muslims embrace a mixture of traditional and modern ways," asserts Prentice Hall's "World History," a high school textbook popular in New York City and suburban schools. The tinny phrase "career opportunities" aside, the word tradition or a variation of it is used over and over, yet students never get the slightest idea of what these "traditions" are or what "return to tradition" means. Textbooks sidestep centuries-long Islamic slavery that... (New York Post -- Opinions)
• Shroud of Turin stirs new controversy Aug 17, 2008
Radiocarbon dating by three separate laboratories showed that the shroud originated in the Middle Ages, leaving the "shroud crowd" reeling. Shroud skeptics responded, "We told you so." The Catholic Church admitted that it could not be authentic. (Q13.com, WA)
Corruptors' dress code Aug 14, 2008
Others have even suggested that they be paraded along the city's main streets so that fellow residents or citizens be given the opportunity to pelt them with rotten eggs, fruit and vegetables just as what English petty criminals experienced during the Middle Ages. The proposals, however, are not free from controversy. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
APOCALYPSE WOW Aug 14, 2008
And Downey's Kirk Lazarus, a five-time Oscar winner and method actor has chemically darkened his skin after playing a gay monk in the Middle Ages. The three stars are joined on location for "Tropic Thunder" by Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) a black actor-turned-rapper who offers running commentary on Jeff's "blackness" making the politically incorrect gag palatable; and newcomer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), who's stunned by the stars' self-absorption. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Why Are Georgia and Georgia Both Named Georgia? Aug 14, 2008
It's not clear when the Brits started using the word Georgia in place of Gruzia, but scholars believe the switch happened sometime in the late Middle Ages. In their native tongue, Georgians refer to themselves as the Kartveli and to their country as Sakartvelo. (Slate)
Putin for US president- more than ever Aug 13, 2008
The Ossetians have spoken their variant of Persian for more than a millennium and had their own kingdom during the Middle Ages. If the West is going to put itself at risk for 3. (Asia Times Online)
Smiling Sienna 'Serial Miller' refuses to hide her love for Getty Aug 12, 2008
It's like being in the middle ages. Burn her burn her. (Daily Mail)
Sufism, sodomy and Satan Aug 12, 2008
the High Middle Ages,[2] where as a rule, the beloved is not a woman, but a young man, according to the leading Persian historian Ehsan Yar-Shater. Islamic mysticism (Sufism) of the High Middle Ages is the only case in which a mainstream current of a major world religion preached pederasty as a path to spiritual enlightenment. (Asia Times Online)
Opinion: Is charging interest sinful? Aug 12, 2008
- "There is one bit of advice given to us by the ancient heathen Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest: and lending money at interest what we now call investment is the basis of our whole system. Now it may not absolutely follow that we are wrong.... This is where we want the Christian economist.". C.S. Lewis,... (Christian Science Monitor)
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The Middle Ages: Living longer with less Aug 12, 2008
Past Month's Most Commented Stories. Monday, August 11, 2008 11:55 PM PDT. (Longview Daily News, WA)
The Last Cavalier Aug 10, 2008
Not many people realise it, but the Dumas books taken as a whole actually comprise a kind of swashbuckling novelistic accompaniment to the length of French history, starting from the late Middle Ages through practically to the writer's own day. The so-called Valois novels tell the stories of the wars of religion at the end of the 16th Century, the musketeer books deal with the reigns of Louis Treize (XIII) and Quatorze (XIV). (BBC News)
* Whats happening with the kiss? Aug 10, 2008
Ancient Romans got engaged by kissing before a group of friends, and used kisses to seal legal and business agreements, a practice that continued throughout the Middle Ages, including in England. But from the outset, Thomas argues, the purely ceremonial kiss tended to suffer, in Britain, from its potential for misinterpretation. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Archbishop pressure over gay partnerships beliefs Aug 8, 2008
And many of the arguments assumed by theologians in the Middle Ages and later increasingly seemed to beg questions or to rest on contested grounds. I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in a way comparable to marriage, if and only if it had about it the same character of absolute covenanted faithfulness. (WalesOnline)
Infotainment Aug 7, 2008
A homeowner has managed to beat soaring gas bills by taking tips from the Middle Ages. With power companies spending millions on cutting edge technology to save energy, Peter Breuer has slashed his gas bill from 20 to 5 a month using a stove based on a design from the 14th century. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Medieval Art: A Bibliography Aug 7, 2008
The art and civilization of the European Middle Ages, from Late Antiquity and Early Christian times through the Romanesque and Gothic eras, continue to inspire the production of scholarly books devoted to the medieval millennium ... The Early Middle Ages in Western Europe. (Suite101.com)
The Creeds in Christian Worship Aug 6, 2008
Ascribed (probably erroneously) to St. Athanasius, a fourth century archbishop, this creed affirms the doctrine of Trinity before going on to specifically exclude a number of heresies that arose during the middle ages. This creed is seldom used during worship, except on St. Athanasius Day or Trinity Sunday in some denominations. (Suite101.com)
The flat-earthers Aug 5, 2008
It simply is not true that there were no flat earth beliefs among the educated classes, and certainly not true that it was all but dead by the Middle Ages. Mark Tebbit, Reading. (BBC News -- Americas)
English Style Gardens Aug 5, 2008
Monasteries during the middle Ages boasted beautiful herb gardens that grew along with vegetables. Other early English gardens gave way to symmetry with the knot garden made of boxwood hedges and herbs designed to be appreciated from a balcony above in order to see all the intricacies of the motif. (Suite101.com)
ILYA KRAMNIK: War of five rings Aug 5, 2008
Different contests continued to be held, and the middle ages saw impressive tournaments between knights, but they could hardly be qualified as sporting competitions. During this period, people had no time for sports. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
H. Tracy Hall, 88, scientist created synthetic diamonds Aug 1, 2008
Purists might argue that true alchemy, of the sort pursued during the Middle Ages, required changing one distinct chemical element into another, preferably lead into gold. But for many others, the accomplishment of Dr. Hall and his colleagues, while involving different forms of a single element, carbon, was alchemy enough. (Boston Globe)
British Museum buys medieval astronomy tool Aug 1, 2008
Eight astrolabe quadrants are known to exist from the Middle Ages ... "The quadrant will be a very important addition to our medieval collection as an object which can explain the sophistication of science in the Middle Ages and the transfer of knowledge between Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities," deputy director of the British Museum Andrew Burnett said in a statement Thursday ... Eight astrolabe quadrants are known to exist from the Middle Ages, but the British Museum's instrument is... (MSNBC -- Environment)
How Stalin Conquered His Fears Aug 1, 2008
His very photographs were seditious like the pictures of the devil in the early Middle Ages. On the other hand, the images of Stalin were ubiquitous. (Newsmax)
President Bush Signs H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 Jul 31, 2008
One newspaper wrote: "The AIDS pandemic is destined to rival the Black Death of the Middle Ages - as a global horror.". Well, today the outlook is really different. (White House News Releases)
Vaccine To Protect Against Black Plague Jul 31, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 31, 2008) A University of Central Florida researcher may have found a defense against the Black Plague, a disease that wiped out a third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages and which government agencies perceive as a terrorist threat today ... 3, 2005) Biologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to. (Science Daily)
L'Hercule de Charlevoix cheese Jul 31, 2008
Though the Stessi farm's Jersey cows do not graze at alpine elevations, the flavours from their milk and the production process result in a cheese reminiscent of the "mountain style" cheeses made in Europe since the middle ages. Mountain cheeses are made with milk from cows that graze at high elevations in alpine regions. (Globe and Mail)
Why do nations exist? Jul 29, 2008
By the same token, it was possible to speak of reason during the Middle Ages because all the unreasonable people had been killed, sometimes in very large numbers. It never would have occurred to Aquinas to include pagans or heretics in a body politic founded upon natural law. (Asia Times Online)
Women's Fall Fashion Trends 2008 Jul 29, 2008
Marc Jacobs features a number of draped dresses and tops with hoods, influenced by the Middle Ages. Country Girl Look. (Suite101.com)
At Britain's fading pubs, the pint is half empty Jul 29, 2008
Pubs, or public houses -- drinking establishments that are social centers of British communities -- trace their roots to roadside taverns that appeared during the Roman era; traditional pub signs date to the middle ages. Over 15 million Britons drink in a pub at least once a week. (News & Observer)
Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis have a new CD Jul 26, 2008
The balafon, essentially a West African xylophone, is not an easy instrument to master, but Dioubate, a native of Guinea, is descended from griots who were playing gigs in the Mande Empire in the Middle Ages. Dioubate cut this fine album in Brooklyn, working with nine musicians to create 11 songs that strike a lively balance between West African traditional music and a wonderful improvisational sensibility. (MSNBC -- Music)
TEMPO: Southwest Wings: Birding & Nature Fest approaches Jul 26, 2008
Intellectually a far better fit than the law, the years spent studying the literary and cultural history of the European Middle Ages at Princeton and in Germany ended with the award of the M.A. and the Ph. D. and a position as assistant professor at the University of Illinois. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
What's ahead Jul 25, 2008
It will be held during the heavy fighter practice and Middle Ages Social that are from 4 to 8 p.m. ... The group studies the arts and sciences of the Middle Ages. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Academe Then and Now Jul 23, 2008
Let's just say I got my undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri in the High Middle Ages. (The journalism school had just made the switch from stone tablets to parchment. (Townhall.com)
HEALTH BLOG: Mental health news and notes Jul 23, 2008
Mental health - Better Life - USATODAY.com. Study: Viagra might help some women. (USA Today -- Money)
France: Power House Jul 23, 2008
Originally the modest hunting lodge of Louis XIII, Versailles became the obsession and personal reflection of Louis XIV as he matured from playboy to absolute monarch and lifted France out of the Middle Ages and into the modern era. In criticizing Louis XIV for relocating the court to a swamp with no view or natural amenities, the memoirist and pathological court gossip the Duc de St-Simon completely missed the point. (Concierge.com)
Orlando Consort gives listeners a taste of music from Middle Ages Jul 20, 2008
KALAMAZOO -- The Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Music Festival continues with music from the Middle Ages ... The performance brings the Middle Ages to life using music and readings based on historical research to tell of the monk's experiences of daily life, climaxing with a rare performance of Perotin's magisterial composition ``Viderunt omnes ... Food, Wine & Song: Music and Feasting in Renaissance Europe'' will feature music from feasts and festivals from the Middle Ages and the early... (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Hierarchy as a Worldview in the Mid... Jul 20, 2008
Hierarchy as a Worldview in the Middle Ages: How the Philosophy of Analogy Influenced Social Structure ... Hierarchy as a Worldview in the Middle Ages ... Hierarchy as a Worldview in the Middle Ages. (Suite101.com)
A date with destiny Jul 20, 2008
Ramdev the saint lived in the Middle Ages and was quite unlike other battle-hungry princes. He was a champion of the poor and was even opposed to the entrenched caste of untouchables. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Putto in Nicolas Poussin's Painting Jul 19, 2008
The narrative, originally written in Latin, was translated and well-known during the Middle Ages; thereafter it provided a rich source of subject matter for master artists like Titian and Poussin who favored the classical style. Another recurring theme of Metamorphoses is love. (Suite101.com)
Abortion signs too scary for kids? Jul 19, 2008
We live in the middle ages when it comes to woman s healthcare, and the idiotic, and totally immature comments by the trolls who infested this blog are proof that americans are backwards and misguided. Viva viagra, and shove it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Sun Could Cause 15% To 20% Of Effects Of Climate Change, Researcher Says Jul 19, 2008
As examples of this correlation, V;zquez said that there is certain evidence of a relatively warm period in the Middle Ages, around about the 11th century which coincided with a period of high solar activity; on the other hand, in the second half of the 17th century, there was a decrease in solar activity which coincided with a relatively cold period on Earth, although it appears the effects of the sun might affect certain areas of the planet more than others. In any case, based on statistics,... (Science Daily)
Hoist a pint Jul 19, 2008
But the company is just the latest incarnation of a brewing enterprise that can trace its roots back to the Middle Ages. The oldest records for the Den Horen brewery in Leuven, Belgium, where InBev's Stella Artois was first made, are from 1366, when ale could be both sipped and chewed, its composition a combination of liquid and solid parts. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Ebeling to further studiesof Tamil with fellowship Jul 18, 2008
Ebeling also teaches several classes in Tamil, as well as a course in European poetry and the literature of the Middle Ages in Europe and Asia. Ebeling believes the Whiting Foundation award sends an important message to the larger academic community. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Turnbull backs Woodside on LNG fears Jul 18, 2008
And Bean, to suggest that the scientists who warn of catastrophic outcomes from current human practices are akin to Middle Ages scientists with their lack of the scientific knowledge that we have today and with the religious constraints on their capacity for free thought is disingenuous. And please don't patronise me. (ABC Online)
Church columnists: July 16, 2008 Jul 17, 2008
The history of indulgences during the Middle Ages served to tarnish this wonderful gift of God's mercy, but indulgences remain for us a blessing and an aid to holiness. The word "indulgence" comes from Latin and means, "to be kind or tender." In the infinite kindness and tenderness of God's mercy, He provides us with these opportunities to grow in love. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Portuguese Club Luau Friday Jul 17, 2008
Hundreds of attendees gathered at this popular Azorean tradition, which had its origin in mainland Portugal in the Middle Ages. We saw people in attendance from various New England States and Florida as well as Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Retail's rough ride: Malls up the fun factor to get more shoppers Jul 17, 2008
Its dinner theater transports customers to the Middle Ages for a meal and jousting show. And 300, a for-adults bowling alley, club, sports bar and bistro rolled into one, can be found at the Oakridge Mall in San Jose. (USA Today -- Money)
Deal: A beer tour of Prague Jul 16, 2008
The first will take you to Old Town Square, a charming and well-preserved market square that dates back to the Middle Ages. While there, you'll get to see one of the city's most popular attractions: a medieval astronomical clock, Orloj, mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Excavated Jericho Bones May Help Israeli-Palestinian-German Team Combat Tuberculosis Jul 16, 2008
19, 2005) The spread of tuberculosis may have killed off leprosy in Europe in the Middle Ages, according to research published in the latest issue of the Royal Society Proceedings. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Journeys | Belgium: A lost world made by women Jul 16, 2008
The bourgeois values of peace and tidiness govern all beguinages, elements that look forward to the airy clarity of the Enlightenment rather than back to the Gothic sublime of the Middle Ages. This ethos is especially apparent in the Antwerp beguinage. (International Herald Tribune)
Israeli lifeguard discovers 2,500-year-old relic Jul 15, 2008
"The port city of Yavne-Yam was first settled in the Middle Bronze Age and was inhabited until the Middle Ages. The modern city of Yavne is currently located nearby.Archaeological surveys in the region since the 1980s have turned up other maritime artifacts, such as anchors, weights, fishing equipment, ovens for cooking, storage jars, bowls and cooking pots that date to the Late Bronze Age, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.Click for related content 2008 The Associated... (MSNBC -- International)
Israeli Lifeguard Finds 2,500-Year-Old Sea Relic Jul 14, 2008
The port city of Yavne-Yam was first settled in the Middle Bronze Age and was inhabited until the Middle Ages. The modern city of Yavne is currently located nearby. (Fox News)
Green's Long History Jul 14, 2008
With all of the attention to green the past few months, it is hard to believe that eco-saving measures date back to the middle ages. Green's Beginnings. (Suite101.com)
Dunwich, A Suffolk Town Swallowed B... Jul 14, 2008
It was a flourishing port during the early Middle ages. Its prosperity was based on its excellent natural harbour which allowed Dunwich to trade easily with the rest of Europe. (Suite101.com)
Believe In Blueland Not Just Words To Anderson Jul 14, 2008
This was back in the middle ages, when dinosaurs like Abby Hoffman and Jerry Rubin walked the earth. By five_hole. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Missing Shakespeare: stolen First Folio surfaces in US Jul 14, 2008
Part of a Durham University collection, the work had been stolen in 1998, along with early handwritten manuscripts bearing an English translation of the New Testament and a fragment of a poem by Chaucer, from a public display charting the progress of English literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The trail remained cold until an international businessman, who claimed to have bought the collection of 36 plays in Cuba, walked into a library in Washington DC and asked staff to verify... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Schwarzenegger Blasts Bush: 'This administration did not believe in global warming'... Jul 13, 2008
We are not back in the Middle Ages you know. At least I hope not and people should be able to speak their minds without being called a "denier" and a bunch of other names. (The Drudge Report)
* World News Quick Take Jul 13, 2008
Thieves had forced open glass-top display cases during an exhibition of English literature dating back to the Middle Ages. There was no news of the books and documents taken until police were alerted two weeks ago by the British embassy in the US.. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* [SUNDAY PROFILE] Bringing new life to puppets Jul 13, 2008
"We were in the Army Museum [in Paris] and we visited the room with the weapons and armor from the middle ages. Suddenly [Li] became very angry. What happened? He said: 'You have been studying Taiwan puppets and performing Taiwan puppet stories ... but I am sure that in France you have many stories that you can tell by yourself. Why do you only do Taiwan puppet (stories)? Do your own show, make creation by yourself'," Penso recalled. Penso still marvels at the degree to which he was accepted... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Shakespeare theft man bailed Jul 13, 2008
The stolen items were part of an exhibit of 50 examples of English literature dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. Other items taken in the university raid included a handwritten manuscript of an English translation of the New Testament from the 14th Century. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Ancient Rome's she-wolf not so ancient? Jul 13, 2008
New theories suggest that the statue dates from the Middle Ages rather from Etruscan times, as has long been held. It's decisively medieval, said Anna Maria Carruba, a researcher who studied the statue when she worked on its restoration a decade ago. (Globe and Mail)
Why Are People Taller Today Than Yesterday? Jul 13, 2008
We were relatively tall in the Middle Ages, when population densities were relatively low and food supplies were still fairly adequate. The low point was in the 17th century. (Time.com)
Best Places to Take Kids in Spain Jul 8, 2008
Avilla: Who could help being fascinated by an entire city surrounded by Medieval walls, especially when they can walk on top of them and look down into streets right out of the Middle Ages. Jerez de la Frontera: Watch horses march and dance choreographed ballet at daily shows of the Royal Andalucian School of Equestrian Art. (Suite101.com)
Florence Italy from Past to Present Jul 7, 2008
Nevertheless, during the Middle Ages, a time historians place from about 400-1200 AD, Florence was a hotbed of disease, most notably the Black Death which swept across all of Europe in waves, killing nearly 1/3 of its entire population. It was not until the 13th century that one prominent family of the area, the Medici kin, sought to bring Florence out of the depths of what seemed to be its worst despair. (Suite101.com)
