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How Dark Were the Dark Ages? (Video)
Prager University ^
| 26 Jan 2015
| Anthony Esolen
Posted on 02/05/2015 10:40:09 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
Were the Middle Ages, also known as the Dark Ages, characterized by oppression, ignorance, and backwardness in areas like human rights, science, health, and the arts? Or were they marked by progress and tolerance? Anthony Esolen, an English Literature professor at Providence College, explains.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: europe; godsgravesglyphs; medieval; middleages; renaissance
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By the end of the Middle Ages, the rich were sick and tired of subsidizing the feasts and celebrations of the Saints. One of the results was the relentless propaganda against asking the Saints for their prayers and intercession. By fostering hatred for Mary and the Saints, the rich got a huge "tax cut." By slaughtering monks and nuns, and looting and demolishing monasteries, the rich got another gigantic windfall--and helped stamp out vast charitable works for the poor, and vast resources for intellectual life.
To: Arthur McGowan
The Dark Ages, characterized by oppression, ignorance, and backwardness.So, the professor is going to say Republicans were in charge?
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posted on
02/05/2015 10:44:35 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.)
To: Arthur McGowan
I am reading a book right now by James Walsh called: “The Thirteenth - Greatest of Centuries” and it describes all of the achievements which really put the modern age into gear. I am really amazed.
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posted on
02/05/2015 10:57:50 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: Arthur McGowan
Thank you, Arthur—that was terrific.
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:06:13 PM PST
by
moonhawk
(What if they gave a crisis and nobody came?)
To: Arthur McGowan
Q: Why were the Dark ages so dark?
A: Because there were so many knights!
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:10:42 PM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young..." -1 Timothy 4:12)
To: Arthur McGowan
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:11:46 PM PST
by
To Hell With Poverty
(All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
To: Arthur McGowan
I never found the Rodney Dangerfield punchline in there.
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:22:53 PM PST
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
To: Arthur McGowan
Things have steadily improved since about the year 370.
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:26:17 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Arthur McGowan
...and improved more since the middle of the 1600s.
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:30:01 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Arthur McGowan
Were the Middle Ages, also known as the Dark Ages Really the early part of the middle ages, the 5th to the 10th centuries. The 11th century on saw Europe becoming more stable, prosperous and powerful. Well, except for that part about the black death and all.
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posted on
02/05/2015 11:35:08 PM PST
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
To: Arthur McGowan
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02/05/2015 11:35:31 PM PST
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: Politicalkiddo
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02/05/2015 11:37:49 PM PST
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Arthur McGowan
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posted on
02/06/2015 2:12:11 AM PST
by
motor_racer
(Who will bell the cat?)
To: familyop
and worse at the same time.
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posted on
02/06/2015 2:19:29 AM PST
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: Slyfox; Arthur McGowan
I suggest the above, if you haven't already read it. No, it's not a Western.
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posted on
02/06/2015 2:21:16 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Arthur McGowan
Everything they made was made with hand tool, muscles and brains. The hand tools were made with hand tools, going back to beginning with sticks and rocks.
We know more, maybe, maybe not, we don't know a lot that they knew.
I set out 35 years ago to learn the craft my ancestors practiced, in an Appalachian mountain "holler". I made some functional rifles, but they don't come close to this' Maybe, if I had another 35 years....and didn't have to work to eat.
This isn't middle ages, it's from just before 1800, but they'd been doing work like this for centuries.
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02/06/2015 3:37:34 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
That is freakin gorgeous!
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posted on
02/06/2015 3:44:28 AM PST
by
Adder
(No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
My old auto shop teacher had a video of a craftsman who built black-powder rifles by hand—worked at Williamsburg or some other re-enactment site, IIRC.
We wore out the tapes over the years and never got bored. His rifles were every bit as nice as these, and I will never forget watching him do the engraving. Talk about mastery—it was like he was uncovering the designs, not creating them. You only get one pass with a chisel or grave—simply amazing!
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posted on
02/06/2015 3:53:59 AM PST
by
antidisestablishment
(When the passion of your convictions surpass those of your leader, it's past time for a change.)
To: Adder
Charcoal forge, hammers and files.
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posted on
02/06/2015 3:58:04 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Arthur McGowan
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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