tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post6225590059355096502..comments2023-02-26T08:28:12.709-05:00Comments on Modern Medieval: Newt Gingrich is MedievalRick Goddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109263756022001400noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-4565969647184720402009-05-23T07:03:59.652-04:002009-05-23T07:03:59.652-04:00Interesting points. On the subject of 'nostalgic, ...Interesting points. On the subject of 'nostalgic, Romantic medievalism' I can understand how, as a scholar, you might get a little irritated with the idealization of the Middle Ages by those who don't understand it's history as deeply as you do. <br />Nonetheless, I think I understand where Mr. Gingrich is coming from. I think a lot of this has to do with a desire for cultural clarity among people who have been torn away from their own deep cultural roots. As Americans, many of our ancestors traded in their traditional cultures to become White. What they gained in political power, freedom and economic opportunity, they lost in language, culture and tradition. <br />The fact of the matter is that the 'high culture' of the Middle Ages is ravishingly beautiful, even if our peasant ancestors weren't fortunate enough to partake, except possibly at church. <br />On another level, maybe the Middle Ages represents a time when Man's relationship with wildness and nature was less trammeled than it is today....The Occidentalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218579459834157351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-1302302053121089562009-05-22T21:37:40.379-04:002009-05-22T21:37:40.379-04:00Or maybe it's the whole theocratic government/divi...Or maybe it's the whole theocratic government/divine right of kings idea he finds so appealing. I didn't realise until recently that he's a former history professor.bavardesshttp://bavardess.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-9277775934471980922009-05-22T16:36:24.519-04:002009-05-22T16:36:24.519-04:00Personally, I think it's because medieval kings we...Personally, I think it's because medieval kings were often able to get marriages dispensed with quite easily.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.com