Category: Middle Ages

John Robson: Gone Are the Days When Careful Thought Was Put Into Waging Just War

July 19, 2023
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Commentary When the Canadian prime minister shows up at a NATO conference with empty pockets, then criticizes his allies for giving cluster munitions to Ukraine as the wrong kind of help, it’s tempting to tune him out. But just as an alcoholic might be right that you drink too much, you should sometimes read a…

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[PREMIERING 5 PM ET] Divine Messengers | From Nun to Genius (Episode 3)

March 26, 2022
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Saint Hildegard was not only a nun, poet, and musician, but also a divinely inspired philosopher who observed the patterns in our universe, from microcosm to macrocosm. She had remarkable visions, and was consulted by kings, emperors, noblemen, and the clergy. Hildegard wrote theological, botanical, and medicinal texts and there are more surviving chants by…

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PREMIERING NOW: Divine Messengers | From Nun to Genius (Episode 3)

March 26, 2022
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Saint Hildegard was not only a nun, poet, and musician, but also a divinely inspired philosopher who observed the patterns in our universe, from microcosm to macrocosm. She had remarkable visions, and was consulted by kings, emperors, noblemen, and the clergy. Hildegard wrote theological, botanical, and medicinal texts and there are more surviving chants by…

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Divine Messengers | From Nun to Genius (Episode 3)

March 26, 2022
Arts & CultureArts and CultureBrightclassical musicDivine MessengersdocumentariesEntertainmentEpoch CinemaEpochTVFilm & TVLifestyleLiteratureLive VideosMiddle AgesprophesiesSubscribers OnlyVideo
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Saint Hildegard was not only a nun, poet, and musician, but also a divinely inspired philosopher who observed the patterns in our universe, from microcosm to macrocosm. She had remarkable visions, and was consulted by kings, emperors, noblemen, and the clergy. Hildegard wrote theological, botanical, and medicinal texts and there are more surviving chants by…

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The Italian Renaissance: To the Glory of God or Man?

January 1, 2022
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My earliest memories of Italy are of Venice. In such a strange and magical world, I felt like Alice in Wonderland; as a child, I chased pigeons around St. Mark’s Square, while my father painted watercolors of the scene. Later, as part of my art history studies, I traveled frequently from Salzburg, where I studied, to…

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