Indeed Williams did send Taliessin to Constantinople(Byzantium). But this was the capital of the "original" Roman Empire. The term "Holy Roman Empire" was used...
R. Sturch
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Dec 1, 2004 11:21 am
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I have glanced at Boxen as well. The earliest I can 'hear' the maturing Lewis is in All_My_Road_Before_Me (basically, his college diaries). I haven't got to...
... I have a review on my website of Friedrich Heer's history, "The Holy Roman Empire," at http://pages.prodigy.net/aesir/thre.htm . The subject is only...
aesir
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Dec 1, 2004 2:36 pm
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For those that may not be aware of the background: Constantinople was positioned as the 'Second Rome'; founded in the Greek-speaking part of the Roman world by...
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John Thanks for the interview link. At least I now know my reading wasn't off base vis a vis Ackroyd's Catholic-feeling worldview. I'm not very good at purely...
I write posts while doing a bunch of other things -- and somehow, in all that, when I figured I was saving drafts I was sending them. So sorry for the...
... I've read a few of his novels, though not any of his poetry. The first book of his that I read was "The House of Dr Dee" and I was struck at the time by ...
Yes, I've read it, and no, I don't recommend it--unless you want to read it for biographical purposes in a study of Lewis. --Joe...
Joe R. Christopher
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Dec 2, 2004 4:14 am
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... Was it not called "Byzantine" after it fell? As far as I know, both "Byzantine" and "Caesaroppapism" are rather tendentious concepts, concocted by Western...
Steve Hayes
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Dec 2, 2004 4:46 am
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... I think you'll find most of what you need to know explained in the introduction. --Joe...
Joe R. Christopher
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Dec 2, 2004 5:52 am
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OK, OK! I concede! I have got it quite clearly in my head now that idea of the Holy Roman Empire, beginning with Charlemagne taking the crown from the Pope...
I am not so completely sure that Lewis' Merlin was thinking on the Eastern or on the Western emperor. For some times there were two or even more emperors of...
The discussion about Emperors in the West (and Byzantium even comes out to be West if one compares it to a Chinese or Japanese idea of empire -- it all depends...
... I think Lewis's Merlin was probably thinking of the undivided or just divided empire, with Arthur being a Romano-British leader at least two centuries ...
Steve Hayes
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Dec 3, 2004 3:55 am
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No problem. Using a cool word like 'mishegas' covers a multitude of whoopsies. ;-) DDD...
Steve is more learned in all things Orthodox than I, so I nod to that and ask for more! I didn't realize that 'Byzantine' as a moniker for the medieval career ...
Looking at the internal information in That Hideous Strength, such as Dimble's lunchtime discussion with Jane early on in the book, I will have to agree that ...
I would like to recommend the novels of Charles Williams to my 18 year old daughter, who is an avid reader and very bright. Which ones should I recommend...
... That's not a bad one, but I've had luck starting with _Place of the Lion_ as well. Tony Z -- Economics is not a zero-sum game, and the belief that it is is...
That's a great one. My personal favorite of the novels is "War in Heaven", and a good introduction to some of his theology. I started reading C.W. when I was...
I would recommend either War in Heaven which is, along with Many Dimension, the least densely written of the novels but will let a reader know by book's end...
Art and/or Kathy Livi...
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Dec 3, 2004 5:20 pm
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As a younger person myself, and a very eager fan of CW, from my own experience Descent into Hell was a grand starting point. It has a great start, plenty of...
... The chief danger is that of anachronism. No one in the "Byzantine Empire" had the slightest idea that they belonged to it. They thought of themselves as ...
Steve Hayes
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Dec 4, 2004 2:52 am
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... Yes, I too started at that age with "All Hallows Eve" and wished I had read some of the others first. I'd recomend War in Heaven The Place of the Lion The...
