I was reading some comments on something and one guy said that in the middle-ages, the backwoods populations were for a long time semi-pagan who worshiped a ton of stuff in addition to the Christian God.
Is there any truth to that comment? Did semi-pagan folk religion survive for some time in christian lands?
It makes me wonder how much of their own religion the average person knew, considering the sermons were in Latin.
Well, it could (and has been) argued that the various saint's cults in Northern Europe were a holdover from earlier pagan beliefs.
Furthermore you have the continuing importance of pagan festivals like Hallowe'en and Christmas.
It depends on where you are and how far after conversion youre talking about. Even though a king or lord might adopt a new religion, its going to take a while for everyone to. It can take decades, even centuries for everyone to adopt a religion.
That said, you have to keep in mind too that alot of times people of the time period equated paganism with satanism and withcraft. So when you see someone talking about pagan practices in a primary source, it very well could just be meaningless slander.
Depends. Middle Ages is a long time, and depends a lot on where you were. I know the Irish law codes gave druids the ability to grant protection and some other big rights until just before the Viking age.
Why is Latin+Hellenic mythology the go-to for western mythological references?
Why not Slavic, Germanic, or Celtic, especially in their homelands?
>>1062015
Because we know much more about Greek and Roman mythology. Because it was the mythology of the cultures which had the biggest impact on Europe. No one knows hardly anything about Celtic mythology, or Slavic. Germanic is cool but Christianity kind of put people off it.
>>1062015
Are you retarded?
Most western fantasy is explicit Tolkein inspired who stole all of his mythology from Germanic and Celtic folklore.
>what are King Arthur stories
>what is Beowulf
Claim 'em
>>1061944
your mother
she's that old
Greetings my dear fellas. I would very much appreciate if could find a valid source for somekind of older, more traditional british english phrases, so to speak. I, myself am a finnish person who wishes to speak more fluent and pure english.
To clarify my request to you, dear gentlemen, I would like to point out that what I actually I mean are those early 20th century english phrases, words and sayings. I can only exemplify these with dialect and random words such as:
>tally-ho lads!
>bollocks
>bugger
How ever, instead of single words, I would prefer longer sentences and phrases, thank you.
How about jolly good?
faaaaaaackkkk oooffffffffff
oi mate get yer scrawny arse out me house before i boot it into next week
and the native Scots weren't Scots. But the Scots were the Irish Gaels while the actual native Scots were the Picts.
what happened to the picts
I´ve heard they were cannibals
>>1061665
They blend with the Scotii to became Scotish.
>>1061665
Turned into the Fae folk. After the Irish came over, their time was up and they were transformed into fairies.
What is historical scholarship like in the PRC today?
Are all scholars basically expected to toe the line and conform to what the state wants, or is there room for criticism, opposing viewpoints and perhaps even revisionism?
>>1061509
History is pretty much free now in China.
That is: anything that's below the 20th Century. A lot of limits are set on the history China in that period.
Though the past 20 years there have been some changes.
>The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution was stupid.
>BUT IT WASNT MAO'S FAULT. NOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. CORRUPT LOCAL OFFICIALS AND OVERZEALOUS RED GUARD MANIACS WERE AT FAULT.
>Before = Chiang Kai-shek is a capitalist dog and a pet of the Americans.
>NOPE CHIANG KAI-SHEK IS A GOOD CHINESE NATIONALIST WHO DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO FOR THE BEST. EXCEPT CORRUPT GENERALS AND FOREIGN INTERFERENCE LED TO HIS FAILURE AND ALIENATION FROM CHINESE PEOPLE.
>>1061541
Interesting.
>>1061541
Didn't it occur to ChiCom apparatchiks that you can politicize pre-20th century historiography just as well?
Defend this, Britbongs.
>>1061444
Terrible leadership and logistical struggles.
Eternal yank attacking after the end of the war
>>1061444
It's easier to defend than it is to attack across an entire ocean
Bad president, or worst president?
>>1061348
He recognized the challenges of the tomorrow and was quick to act upon them today, even if in a rather heavy handed manner. He was not always successful (his attempt at curbing stagflation through price controls was a sensational failure) but he did what he could facing a hostile congress and media. His personality faults which led to his eventual political downfall is the type of stuff epic tragedies are made of.
>>1061348
At least he didn't assassinate JFK.
>>1061348
He committed treason to get into power, then abused his power to stay in it.
He was intelligent and far-seeing, but his flaws were what undid him.
Explain the development of western philosophy since Kant in five words or less.
>>1061191
Germany drops the ball again.
Transcendental idealism was a mistake
>>1061191
You kan't know the knowmena.
Will it ever be deciphered?
>>1061180
People don't care about this, as evidenced by the amount of replies to this thread.
I think it says "Drop your feces in a hole that can properly get rid of them"
Maybe one day we will discover a Rosetta Stone equivalent and figure this one out
Was Socrates' naive inquisitiveness superior to every other philosophers' doctrinal treatises?
Socrates's charlatanism was a shit stain on western philosophy that still hasn't gone away. Plato's complete ineptitude at systemizing his thought is Exhibit Alpha-Omega of this. I would have gladly voted for his execution.
>>1060941
Yes.
/thread
>implying that Descartes didn't have a similarly based "no presumptions" approach
>>1060719
god tier side burns
Ney was an excellent tactical commander.
He saved what was left of le grande armee during the retreat.
Napoleon relied on Ney to carry out dangerous operations, where his boldness and courage would be most useful.
He doesn't deserve a bad rep just because of waterloo.
My opinion is that he faked his death and lived as a professor in North Carolina.
It's a better story.
Who is the more rightful successor of the Roman Empire, Italy or HRE?
italy has no real right except the same geographical area
>H>R>E
ERE is the only rightful successor
>>1060668
I'd argue France
>>1060668
>the Trojan refugee Aeneas escape to Italy and found the line of Romans through his son Iulus, the namesake of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
When did the Byzantine Empire become a joke?
>>1060647
The 7th century.
After Justinian
You can't take anyone seriously after they close the schools in Athens
What's his name, /his/?
>>1060502
Hitler?
Autistaire, destroyer of memes.
>>1060508
"Filthy Polemicist" Voltaire
