Sentences with phrase «in medieval culture»

The quest for the grail — the chalice used at the Last Supper — was a consuming fascination in medieval culture.

Important presuppositions of modern culture, which were only latent in medieval culture, can be discerned in Augustine.

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The mystics (many of them women) brought together the sentimental and the rational in extraordinary ways, while the Franciscans, and Bonaventure in particular, brought to high medieval culture their love of nature and the beautiful.

It looks specifically at the impact of Jewish beliefs upon the pursuit of knowledge and the role of natural knowledge in encouraging interaction with other cultures and faiths such as Islam during the Medieval period and Christianity during the Renaissance.

Yet, even if we lack James J. Walsh's unequivocal enthusiasm for medieval Christendom, H. Richard Niebuhr, in Christ and Culture, was surely right to say that the High Middle Ages witnessed the greatest synthesis of Christianity, culture, and society ever acCulture, was surely right to say that the High Middle Ages witnessed the greatest synthesis of Christianity, culture, and society ever acculture, and society ever achieved.

There has undoubtedly been a break in the twentieth century with the tradition of romantic love which arose in the later phase of medieval culture, flourished in the «courts of love» in the fifteenth century, gave birth to the literature of the romantic movement, reached conventional respectability and domestication in the nineteenth century, and now seems out of date.

There has also been a deliberate attempt to develop our particular situation into a strong culture for the College, mainly rooted in traditions that staff experienced in their own schools a generation ago, or in revivals of medieval traditions, such as that of the boy - bishop (a boy rules the College for a day on the feast of St Nicholas.)

He will include all that is known of ancient and medieval and modern Oriental cultures and societies (Near, Middle and Far East) and extend his examination of Western society and cultures back beyond the classical world finally to include the successive types developed in the various great periods of the Christian era down to this day.

The confidence has many roots: the steady decline of models of theology in which «critical appraisal» is the dominant task; receptiveness toward and fresh engagement with classical thinkers, patristic, medieval and Reformation; a sense that the Enlightenment is only one episode in the history of one (Western) culture and not a turning point in the history of humankind; the work of a number of gifted and independent - minded theologians now at the height of their powers who have shown the potency of constructive doctrinal work.

In medieval Europe, obligations were personal and traditional, based neither on common language nor on a single culture; they did not interpose the bureaucratic machinery of a state between the subject and the ruler.

What transpired inwardly in him and was expressed by him was on a different scale embodied in the development of medieval culture.

In Western Europe the culture which had been associated with the Medieval Church, and which the Church had done so much to create, was breaking up.

Ginzberg argued that the religious life of the Jewish people was a product of the medieval dispersion of the Jews from their ancestral homeland, and that a renaissance of the Jews in the land of Israel could make possible the revival of a national secular culture that would revolve around Hebrew language.

The criticisms of mass culture and other forms of modernity are where the similarity between the Frankfurt School and what one could call the Anglo - Catholic School of Eliot, Dawson, Tolkien, and Lewis end (although Lewis was not strictly speaking Anglo - Catholic his medieval sensibilities put him in touch with key features of it).

The Italian Nobel prize - winning playwright Dario Fo, author of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, has traced Grillo's emergence to a tradition going back in Italian culture to medieval times — of the giullari, or «jugglers,» strolling comics who went around trading in sarcasm, irony, ridicule, and stories at the expense of the great and powerful.

Christianity has been in power for many centuries in one form or another, whether it was the Roman Catholic Church that sought political dominance in Europe, the Christianized culture of the medieval period, the Inquisition that persecuted heretics, or the modern nation state of Europe that went to spread Christianized culture to its colonies.

But in part because of Augustine the Benedictine monastery became the heart of medieval culture, the spiritual force that motivated the building of a new civilization.

Like the late - medieval humanists and Reformers, they search the sources for indications of present direction in «an effort to combat the culture of political despair, spiritual pessimism, and moral relativism in order to preserve the hard residue of humanistic values... against the barbarian threats of Nazism and Stalinism.»

When the Roman Empire collapsed, Christianity, although by that time closely associated with it, not only survived but won to its fold the barbarians who were the immediate cause of the overthrow, spread into regions in Northern and Western Europe which had not before known it, and became the chief vehicle for the transfer of the culture of the ancient world to the Europe of medieval and modern times.

In the medieval period, the first attempt by Christians to imagine a Christian culture, as Maritain pointed out, was to imagine it as a sacral culture, one in which the intermixing of sacred and profane, eternal and temporaIn the medieval period, the first attempt by Christians to imagine a Christian culture, as Maritain pointed out, was to imagine it as a sacral culture, one in which the intermixing of sacred and profane, eternal and temporain which the intermixing of sacred and profane, eternal and temporal.

First, like the early» and, for that matter, medieval» Christians, we must be eager to appropriate all that is good in secular culture.

In the autumn of 1516 he had come across the intellectual element in that seam of medieval culture usually called «Rhineland mysticism»In the autumn of 1516 he had come across the intellectual element in that seam of medieval culture usually called «Rhineland mysticism»in that seam of medieval culture usually called «Rhineland mysticism».

The Celtic culture is based in Medieval European history, and the names that came from that period of time have remained popular across the pond.

Maria Rose Menocal's The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians created a culture of tolerance in Medieval Spain.

By Medieval times, cultures around the globe were familiar with the deforming lesions and decaying flesh that resulted in lepers being burned at the stake or carted off to die in remote colonies.

Not only did certain intestinal parasites appear to increase in prevalence with the coming of the Romans, but Mitchell also found that, despite their famous culture of regular bathing, «ectoparasites» such as lice and fleas were just as widespread among Romans as in Viking and medieval populations, where bathing was not widely practiced.

Miyazaki Pere's influence is apparent in the themes of nature in balance and the greed of mankind tipping the scales, and the character designs and types are also familiar, with dragons out of Asian culture dropped into a medieval European world of castles and towers.

There will be a less prominent world history section and pupils will be asked to study a theme such as changes in politics, religion or culture across the medieval, early modern and modern eras.

This book examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of violence and social interactions.

Scenic Highlights: Make new friends over drinks along the Adriatic, scramble around medieval fortresses, connect with the culture in charming old villages, take in sweeping countryside views of the Balkans, explore Diocletian's Palace on a guided tour

Kraków is extremely rich in culture and history with well - preserved Jewish heritage and grand medieval buildings nonchalantly perched on street corners.

Considered to be one of the best - preserved medieval and Renaissance towns in Europe, it offers a wealth of history and culture, whilst also having a modern flair and fabulous examples of Art Nouveau architecture.

Whether visiting the battlefields and memorials to the Great War at Flanders and Ypres, admiring the architecture of medieval Bruges or sampling arts, culture and cuisine in Brussels, an escorted rail tour of Belgium promises guests a memorable trip.

Despite its compact size, Belgium is a wonderful country full of medieval architecture and rich in arts, culture and cuisine.

Considered to be one of the best - preserved medieval towns in Europe, Quedlinburg offers a wealth of history and culture, whilst also having a modern flair and fabulous examples of Art Nouveau architecture.

Explore historic medieval cities, explore world - class museums, savour the café culture of Europe, opt for a soak in Budapest's famous baths, experience Krakow's eastern charm

Considered to be one of the best - preserved medieval and renaissance towns in Europe, it offers a wealth of history and culture, whilst also having a modern flair and fabulous examples of Art Nouveau architecture.

In addition to enjoying the quality service that Lufthansa offers its passengers, Tampa Bay area residents will enjoy direct access to the rich culture and history of Frankfurt, as well as medieval towns, cosmopolitan cities and magnificent palaces that Germany, in its entirety, offerIn addition to enjoying the quality service that Lufthansa offers its passengers, Tampa Bay area residents will enjoy direct access to the rich culture and history of Frankfurt, as well as medieval towns, cosmopolitan cities and magnificent palaces that Germany, in its entirety, offerin its entirety, offers.

Apart from the endless Puszta, or the Pannonian Steppe, where csikosok — Hungary's sturdy cowboys — still ride, Hungary possesses a number of charming cathedrals, renowned spa culture, medieval castles and numerous cities, which boast some of the finest Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau architecture in Europe.

Palacio de los Velada is a charming luxurious four - star hotel located in Ávila, totally merged in the the culture and history of this medieval city of Castile and León.

One of the most beautifully preserved medieval cities in Slovenia, Škofja Loka is rich with history, culture, heritage, and unspoiled nature.

The hotel s location in what used to be a busy medieval port, provides a wonderful opportunity to stroll through this stunning and vibrant city with its colorful landscape, and explore the scenery, lakes, culture, history, and local attractions.

You may be surprised by Bali's modern tourist facilities, but you will be amazed by its medieval culture - still a vibrant civilisation, very much alive and breathing in its golden age.

Casting aside the typically medieval European fantasy setting found in Skyrim and Oblivion, Vvardenfell derives its influences largely from Middle Eastern culture, albeit with giant fungi and giant insect taxis are thrown into the mix for good measure.

The universe in which The Witcher series takes place is based partially on medieval Poland and different Slavic cultures.

The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible used medieval works from the Morgan and The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, to explore ways in which Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures used storytelling to define themselves and theirMedieval Picture Bible used medieval works from the Morgan and The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, to explore ways in which Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures used storytelling to define themselves and theirmedieval works from the Morgan and The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, to explore ways in which Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures used storytelling to define themselves and their values.

With an enduring «capacity for inspiring genuine delight as well as provoking disquiet,» 3 examples in Western cultures range from the satyrs in Greco - Roman mythology to early medieval church gargoyles to Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490 — 1500), Peter Paul Rubens's two versions of The Massacre of the Innocents (c. 1611 — 1612 and c. 1638), William Blake's Nebuchadnezzar (c. 1795 — 1805), and Goya's The Disasters of War (1810 — 1820) and Black Paintings (1820 — 1823), in which strange creatures, disembodied heads, and diabolical tableaux meet masterful artistic skill and poignant existential resonance.

In Leguillon's rendition, Reinhardt's lecture starts with pyramids, moving to the peaked rooftops of buildings from many cultures, to the pointed tops of medieval altarpieces; the pyramidal form mutates to an X shape repeated in various contexts, ending on windows of a building slated for demolition; the lecture moves on to windows of all kindIn Leguillon's rendition, Reinhardt's lecture starts with pyramids, moving to the peaked rooftops of buildings from many cultures, to the pointed tops of medieval altarpieces; the pyramidal form mutates to an X shape repeated in various contexts, ending on windows of a building slated for demolition; the lecture moves on to windows of all kindin various contexts, ending on windows of a building slated for demolition; the lecture moves on to windows of all kinds.

Her work engages feminist histories of the body in the visual and material culture of the medieval west.

Moving away from the classical chess period of kings, queens, and bishops, the works in this exhibition do not represent medieval warfare but strategies of decision - making around contemporary culture and politics.