The Book of Kells
A manifold mass meanders through the museum. A line leads to the legendary illumination. The crowd creeps to the crepuscular cranny. I approach the plinth and peer at the pages. […]
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Category: Issue Eleven
Dante for Moderns
“Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood, for the straight way was lost”[1] – Dante, Inferno “Already were all my will and […]
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Wearing One’s Habits: Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Making of a Virtuous Man
“It makes no small difference, then, whether we form habits of one kind or another from our very youth; it makes a very great difference, or rather all the difference.” […]
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Hogwarts in History: The Neo-Medieval Vision of Harry Potter
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling writes that the Dursleys “had a very medieval attitude toward magic.”[1] Here Rowling either reveals a bit of ignorance, uncharacteristic […]
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A Call to Lament: An Apologetic Study of the Anglo-Saxon Elegies
Sickness, loss, and death are a natural part of life that we continually confront over the course of our time on earth. In modern culture, these cold realities of life […]
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The Dream of the Crown
‘Dream of the Crown’ is a poem that pays homage not only to the Christ who suffered the crown of thorns or the crown itself but medieval dream poetry. Specifically, […]
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Chronological Snobbery: In Reply to Contemporary Petrarchs
These are questions that must be asked, Questions of great importance: Can Renaissance or Reformation Have roots soiled in darkness? What if I inquired about Alighieri or Aquinas: Would […]
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Death, Grief, and Hope in Pearl
There is one commonality among every person born. Each will die. Even though this is known to be true with absolute certainty, it still seems to come as a shock. […]
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An Unlikely Witness
The poet who penned The Dream of the Rood for the Anglo-Saxon people faced the challenge of communicating the saving power of Christ’s death on a cross to a people […]
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