Medievalism
Medievalism is the system of belief and practice characteristic of the Middle Ages, or devotion to elements of that period, which has been expressed in areas such as architecture, literature, music, art, philosophy, scholarship, and various vehicles of popular culture. Since the eighteenth century, a variety of movements have used the medieval period as a model or inspiration for creative activity, including Romanticism, the Gothic revival, the Pre-Raphaelite and arts and crafts movements and neo-medievalism (a term often used interchangeably with medievalism). The words "medievalism" and "Med
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In al-Qaeda we see a terrorist grouping with, in many ways, a medieval ideology, employing today's technology to great advantage. It works in a thoroughly modern way, virtual, amorphous, franchised and unbounded by geography. It has recruited people from all over the world. It understands the power of images, both in its campaign of terror and in its recruitment and proselytising material. It skillfully exploits the instant communications and social networking of the IT age.
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― Securing Freedom: The Former Head of MI5 on Freedom, Intelligence, the Rule of Law, Torture and Security
― Securing Freedom: The Former Head of MI5 on Freedom, Intelligence, the Rule of Law, Torture and Security
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This quote by medievalist Kolve is my concession:
We have little choice but to acknowledge our modernity, admit that our interest in the past is always (and by no means illegitimately) born of present concerns.
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― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
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