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Culture and Politics on a ‘Fortress Island’

André P. DeBattista November 15, 2022

A people do not become a nation—however tiny and insignificant a nation—until they possess a literature; just as a man becomes a man only when he reveals his personality through speech.

Escaping the Tyranny of Relevance

Harrison Pitt November 5, 2022

Intellectual adventure is not available to bees, who simply do as they do in obedience to their limited nature. The hive may be a place of cohesion, but it contains no libraries, paintings, or statues to heroic bees of the past. Human life without the humanities would be much the same: cut off from our roots, deprived of meditation, and locked in an eternal now. The cult of relevance makes prisoners of us all.

The Inkling’s Historic Pub “Left to Rot”

David Boos September 27, 2022

An organization dedicated to keeping pubs from closing has stepped up to save the Eagle and the Child. Campaign for Real Ale, or CAMRA, has called on the pub’s owners, St. John’s College, to account for its neglect.

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

Erwin Wolff September 25, 2022

The theft of the “Just Judges” panel of the Ghent Altarpiece is still unsolved. In the first of a series of essays, the story begins.

The Golden Bull of Hungary:
800 Years of Freedom and Constitutional Tradition

Atilla K. Molnar September 24, 2022

The Golden Bull of 1222 is a unique charter, as it was issued as a result of popular movements of the common nobility to defend and restore supposedly old customs and liberties, in the face of activities of the king and barons they perceived as harmful.

The Muslim Warlord Still Haunting Spain

Alberto M. Fernandez August 31, 2022

Beneath the tales of Almanzor’s campaigns is an intriguing subtext which seems to subvert preconceived modern Muslim and Christian notions of what medieval warfare between the two great religions was actually like in Al-Andalus.

Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom:
Reflections from Spanish History

Carlos Perona Calvete August 6, 2022

The Reconquista attests to the ability of the human collective to determine its identity in the face of contrary forces, and to do so without strict political unity, but on the basis of a shared ideal.

Pathology of the French-Algerian Illness

Hélène de Lauzun July 30, 2022

The wound of Algeria was quickly closed without being disinfected, and has continued to rot slowly ever since. It has weakened the French body politic, made sicker by Macron’s intervention.

The Shroud is 2,000 Years Old, According to New Study

Hélène de Lauzun July 29, 2022

A new analysis by Italian scientists of the Shroud of Turin using X-ray technology proves that the famous cloth dates back 2,000 years, contrary to the medieval origin suggested by the disputed 1988 carbon-14 analysis.

Spain: Whispers from the Past

Jonathon Van Maren July 26, 2022

The playwright Federico Garcia Lorca once wrote that in Spain, “the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country.” He may be right.

Tag: history

Culture and Politics on a ‘Fortress Island’

Escaping the Tyranny of Relevance

The Inkling’s Historic Pub “Left to Rot”

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

The Golden Bull of Hungary:
800 Years of Freedom and Constitutional Tradition

The Muslim Warlord Still Haunting Spain

Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom:
Reflections from Spanish History

Pathology of the French-Algerian Illness

The Shroud is 2,000 Years Old, According to New Study

Spain: Whispers from the Past

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