Middle Age

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

6, July, 2020 0 Robert

Among the sources that influenced the creation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories one of the most important is the medieval epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Maybe surprisingly, this is not a story about how to kill a dragon…

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The Divine Comedy

22, June, 2020 0 Robert

Situated in the center of the Western Canon of Literature, Dante Alighieri is the best illustration of the fundamental principle stated by Saint John Henry Newman: Indeed, that is precisely why Dante is one of the greatest authors who ever…

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Beowulf

28, March, 2020 0 Robert

The legend of Beowulf, sung by many bards for hundreds and hundreds of years, has its origins in the ancient times of the world before the Deluge. Brought in Britain by the Germanic tribes of those tumultuous Angles warriors, this…

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