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Horned Moses, sacred memes and other paradoxes of the "Suffering Middle Ages"

Duration: 0:35:25

The New Medieval fun is built on the paradoxes of medieval scholars, writes David Frum . Medievalists studying this period note many things that seem paradoxical to modern man, he says . Frum: The public in social networks is essentially trying to return to our lives the ease with which our ancestors treated the sacred .


Language: Russian

Historiography: Will We Never Know the Truth?

Duration: 0:35:36

Eyewitness accounts, travelers' notes, reports, letters, protocols on clay tablets, papyrus, bark, parchment and paper. It would seem that we can learn a lot about what happened, but history textbooks are constantly being rewritten, and it is not only about pleasing the authorities. Historians themselves are not always sure that the information obtained from ancient documents objectively reflect what happened.