Sentences with word «mediaeval»
The word "mediaeval" refers to the time period in European history between the 5th and 15th centuries. It is also known as the Middle Ages. During this time, there were knights, castles, and monarchies. Full definition
The castles of mediaeval times were sometimes captured by another lord, so — perhaps it may happen to your castle.
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The evidence of the size of climate zone shifts and the associated changes in atmospheric heights from Mediaeval Warm Period to Little Ice Age to date suggests that the natural solar and ocean induced changes in the effective radiating height are far greater than anything that could be achieved by human emissions.
Mark Elvins points out that in mediaeval times it was clear that almsgiving required compassion for the person in need as much as bodily help.
They themselves were well - instructed in the traditional schema, and it controlled the biblical theology of Calvin, for example, not less than that of mediaeval theologians.
Nicholas, Superstition I can accept but to SERIOUSLY believe there can ever be any TRUTH in a mere shirt number being the reason some players succeed and others don't, belongs with astrology, lucky charms, old wives tales and the like as mediaeval claptrap believed by flat earthers and other dimwitted folk.
«The reconstructed amplitude of change over past centuries is greater than hitherto reported, with somewhat greater Mediaeval warmth in the Northern Hemisphere, albeit still not reaching recent levels,» write the researchers in their paper in PNAS.
An interesting comment — «You don't need much knowledge of cultural history and the philosophy of science to understand why the testimony of mediaeval monks written in Latin doesn't stand a chance against statistics.
Sitting in the heart of the well - preserved mediaeval village of Commeire, this is a place for authentic tourism, a place that enables frequent contact with nature.
R. James Long, (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1991), 5.
SEGA & Sonic All Stars Racing — In a frantic battle to the checkered flag, Sonic & SEGA All - Stars Racing sees Sonic and friends speed around tracks set in mediaeval castle ramparts, lush rainforests and bustling cities, all taken from the visually rich and varied universes of Sonic and SEGA.
From the romantic canals of Venice to the walled mediaeval town of Dubrovnik via the wilderness of Scotland's Isle of Skye, tourism is morphing into a nightmare for many locals, despite the jobs and income it undoubtedly generates.
Ghent, a charming mediaeval town in Belgium is going vegetarian every Thursday, starting today.
18 Ernest H Kantorowicz, The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957).
It almost looks mediaeval, and the designer has used a design that makes it look like a corset has to put onto the dress too!
I hate cities where there are too many people crowded in ugly buildings, but love the hearts of old cities with Mediaeval buildings, ancient walls, tiny streets.
The church, alias western mediaeval culture.
Then there's an overnight in Krems the beautiful mediaeval city, Melk Abbey and Stein which has one of the oldest working theatres in the world (together with loo separated from the auditorium by just a curtain).
You can take a walking tour of the old city to see the narrow mediaeval streets, the tall blue and white houses along the river, the numerous fountains and the elegant sandstone cathedral.
This approach assumes we can not learn from ancient or mediaeval dramas the way educated audiences of the 1600s and 1800s did, taking the particularity of the time straight, and as a key thematic element of the play.
He was a ferocious fanatic, whose object was to destroy all the improvements of modern times, and force society back to the government, customs, and ideas of mediaeval days.
Although the Church has preserved a tradition as a patron of the arts for more than a millennium, and the great mediaeval cathedrals in particular have portrayed Christianity through their paintings, sculptures, and perhaps especially their windows, Catholic teachers are now refocusing on literary, cultural and artistic beauty as a conscious resource for the transmission of the faith.
For example, on the one hand, when St Thomas Aquinas in his great mediaeval theological works treats theology as the «queen of the sciences», yet «the subordination of metaphysics to theology did not necessarily entail an obstruction to the study of nature» (p. 81)-- it «had not resulted in a sterile fusion» (p. 84).
In his Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy, Etienne Gilson considers how medieval Catholic philosophers would have regarded «an exercise of reason that would be purely philosophical and systematically withdrawn from the influence of faith.»
In little more than three centuries the empire was absorbed in Christendom, which was to be the framework for mediaeval civilization.
Putting the time - machine into reverse, we may find our first stopping place at the great upheaval of the sixteenth century which changed mediaeval Europe into the Europe that we know — or did know until the great wars once again moved the old landmarks.
But there will be a much larger invisible concourse: kings and statesmen and adventurers of the past, Holy Roman Emperors and mediaeval Popes, Vikings and tribal chiefs, Czars, mandarins and shoguns, and all the dumb multitudes of the dead, whose actions, deliberate or undesigned, went to make up the world of nations as it is today.
Many modern Christians have abandoned the widespread conviction of Mediaeval Jews, Christians and Muslims that the Unchanging God holds each and every reality in existence, moment by moment.
We miss the point time and again if we read the Bible assuming it conforms to this late mediaeval metanarrative.