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The "Heretics of the Provence" & the Albigensian Crusade
In July 1209, the tranquil and beautiful part of what is now southern France was visited by a vortex of bloodletting the like of which...
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Troubadour Music and Biographies
Introduction: The Vida and Razo The vidas and razos are commonly referred to jointly as the “biographies of the troubadours.” (A vida was...
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Troubadour Canso and Sirventes in translation
Raimon de Miraval, “Bel m'es qu'eu chant e coindei” (It pleases me to sing and rejoice) It pleases me to sing and rejoice, since the air...
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Geography & Language of the Troubadours
Part 1 What is now France made up the bulk of the region known as ‘Gaul.” By the 2nd century BC, Celtic France was called Gallia by the...
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Films Exemplifying Troubadour Ennobling Love (Fin'amor)
CAMELOT (1967 musical) Alan Jay Lerner (based on the play Camelot and novel The Once and Future King by T.H. White) King Arthur: [after...
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The Origin of the Easter Egg & Bunny
I mentioned the “World Egg.” Few Christian historians seem to have any clear ideas about the origin of the Easter egg. Some say that it...
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The Church’s Easter Dating Controversy
In order to understand the dating conflict of Easter, we have to look at the issue of the calendar. Actually, the dating of Easter is...
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Spring-Easter Poetry
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green, Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes, Thorn-blossom lifting in...
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Sophia, The Feminine Personification of Wisdom
Sophia (Koinē Greek: σοφία sophía "wisdom") is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian...
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Sophia, A Philosopher’s Cosmological Beloved
You may call my love Sophia, but I call my love philosophy. –Van Morrison, “A Sense of Wonder” The GS wants to again draw your attention...
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How Eliza Gilkyson’s “Emmanuelle” is Sophia, Divine Wisdom
Eliza Gilkyson’s website states that her album Secularia (2018) “is a collection of spiritually charged songs that don’t fit within the...
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The Gypsy Scholar’s Explanation of Images Used in “The Window” Video: the Shekhinah & Sophia
This music video is dedicated to Leonard Cohen, whose song “The Window,” is one of the Gypsy Scholar’s favorites because of its...
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