Just as Roman law and Christian faith were being torn to pieces in the Mediterranean, parchment and pen had appeared among the barbarians of the north …
Texts in Context: Timeline of the Early Middle Ages Read More »
“Most people are normal” does not sound controversial, or even worth saying; but it is surprisingly hard, and worthwhile, to really believe.
Rhetorica: The Practice of Magnanimity Read More »
The High Middle Ages are almost upon us. With them come two movements that will transfigure Europe and, eventually, the globe.
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The fourth moral principle underlying rhetoric, and the first that demands a social context, is the rule of magnanimity; so what’s that?
Rhetorica: The Discipline of Largesse Read More »
England as we know it, the England of the High Middle Ages and thereafter, finally attains recognizable shape.
Texts in Context: 1066 and All That Read More »
Three mental virtues come before all others. Without them, no further thought is possible.
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“Rhetoric in its truest sense seeks to perfect men by showing them better versions of themselves, links in that chain extending up toward the ideal.” —Richard Weaver
Rhetorica: The Divisions of Rhetoric Read More »
The Early Middle Ages faintly, but insistently, filed away at the integrity of Christendom; as they drew to a close, it gave way with a snap.
Texts in Context: The Great Estrangement Read More »
Rhetoric is the crown of the Trivium, and this is not an accident: “these three are one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal …”
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What became of the Muslim invaders Charles Martel trounced? What were they up to in the 10th century? Nothing; just throwing a golden age.
Texts in Context: Islamic Civilization in the Early Middle Ages Read More »
