Carolingian Renaissance Quotes

“The main difference between the Carolingian Renaissance and Christian antiquity lies precisely in the fact that it does not simply continue but that it rediscovers the Roman tradition. For the first time classical antiquity becomes a cultural experience with which is connected the consciousness of having rediscovered, in fact of having reacquired, something that had been lost. This experience indicates the birth of Western man,54 since it is not the actual possession but the struggle for the possession of classical culture which is his distinguishing mark.”
― Arnold Hauser, The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages

“They had not buried her. They had planted a seed.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Last Carolingian: Phoenix of Francia: A Modern Scholar's Fight for Survival and a Kingdom

“She had to survive the next day. She had to survive the next hour.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Last Carolingian: Phoenix of Francia: A Modern Scholar's Fight for Survival and a Kingdom

“Bloodline is a claim to the past. Strength is a promise for the future.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Last Carolingian: Phoenix of Francia: A Modern Scholar's Fight for Survival and a Kingdom

“Power is perception, and she was learning to bend perception to her will.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Last Carolingian: Phoenix of Francia: A Modern Scholar's Fight for Survival and a Kingdom

“The price of peace is always less than the cost of war.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Last Carolingian: Phoenix of Francia: A Modern Scholar's Fight for Survival and a Kingdom

“A tiger must be patient, my boy. It does not roar until it is ready to strike.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Atlantic Gambit

“Aggressive is how you win, Arthur.”
― Paulson Gracie, The Atlantic Gambit