Why do monks have shaved heads? | All About History
2014年9月15日 · Tonsure was so important in the monastic tradition that failure to maintain the style was thought as being the same as abandoning the role of monk itself. Some monks could even lose their clerical state if they did not maintain the haircut. Find the answers to tons of historical questions by subscribing to All About History today.
5 most infamous impostors | All About History
2015年7月21日 · As far as those who met him were concerned, Ferdinand Waldo Demara had impressive credentials. A one-man Who’s Who, he was, at various points in his life, a surgeon, teacher, Navy officer, assistant prison warden, hospital orderly, lawyer, editor and a cancer researcher. He was a Trappist monk, and a Benedictine monk as well.
Five shocking facts about historical figures | All About History
2014年7月29日 · 1. Martin Luther, the monk who started the protestant reformation, was incredibly anti-Jewish and encouraged the idea that Jews should be denied civil rights, money and education. He even went as far as to preach that they should be forced to work on the land, or even be killed en masse. 2.
How was stained glass made? | All About History
2014年5月3日 · We know precisely how medieval coloured (‘stained’) glass was made, as in around 1125 a German monk named Theophilus wrote a Latin treatise called ‘On Diverse Arts’ in which the process of coloured glass manufacture was detailed. The essential material for glass manufacture was river sand (silica).
Emperor Frankenstein: The Truth Behind Frederick II of Sicily’s ...
2017年8月19日 · The monk, however, had good reason to be biased against the Emperor, and it may be that Salimbene’s personal views at least somewhat coloured his portrayal of Frederick. In an age where religious belief was taken for granted and seen as part and parcel of a ruler’s lot, Frederick was a self-professed sceptic when it came to matters of ...
Was Richard III a good king or a bad king, and what do we mean …
2016年10月4日 · When Richard was seven, his father was slain at the Battle of Wakefield and one of his brothers was executed in its aftermath. He was spirited out of the country to a haven in Burgundy. The Lancastrian victory had been won in the name of Henry VI, a poor feeble-minded man more fitted to be a monk than a king.
The 11th Century poet who pissed off al-Qaeda | All About History
2015年2月2日 · In the spring of 2013, fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian offshoot of al Qaeda, beheaded the statue of an 11th Century poet.
Denial’s Deborah Lipstadt on how historians can lead the fight …
2017年6月2日 · The words themselves may have the appearance of neologisms, but “alternative facts” and “fake news” are nothing new – you can see their fingerprints on the anti-Semitic ‘stab in the back’ myth that steered Germany toward National Socialism, or the crude innuendo swirling around ‘mad monk’ Grigori Rasputin that helped steer the ...
Shakespeare's Hidden Codes Of Rebellion | All About History
2019年5月10日 · Damn that Henry VIII, he thought. Damn him and his desire for a male heir and his lust for Anne Boleyn that had seen him turn his back on the Catholic faith he had been brought up in. And damn that German monk Martin Luther whose actions had led the Protestant Reformation that had swept through Europe and ultimately been adopted throughout England.
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2018年3月1日 · We can now see the deep khaki of army uniforms, the gold jewellery of the wealthy and even fully appreciate the ethereal, haunting eyes of the ‘Mad Monk’ Rasputin for the first time. In addition to the photos we know and love, the project has transformed some everyday scenes from the 19th and 20th centuries into full colour.