Terry Pratchett

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.

English Author

Ian McShane

When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.

English Actor

John Millington Synge

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.

Irish Poet

Dan Fogler

It's a fine line between magic and science. In medieval times, science was magic.

American Comedian

Peter Singer

The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.

Australian Philosopher

Andrew Lloyd Webber

I loved medieval architecture when I was very small; I don't know why.

British Composer

Mary E. Pearson

Airports and 'leg room' on planes are a form of medieval torture.

American Writer

Eli Roth

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.

American Director

Terry Jones

British Comedian

Grimes

Canadian Musician

Used for things specifically from the Middle Ages, like knights, castles, and feudal systems.

Historical Context

Remember it's the period after ancient history but before the modern era.

Not Ancient

Often romanticized or depicted as dark times in films and literature.

Cultural Depictions

Often suggests that something is outdated or barbarically old-fashioned.

Negative Connotation

Sometimes used to exaggerate the backwardness of an idea or practice.

Hyperbolic Use

Use 'medieval' to critique customs or systems that seem unjust by today's standards.

Criticize Customs

 hang on to while we wiped them out from the rest of the country the wildcat was basically seen along a lot of other carnivorous mammals in this country as a pest particularly with wild cat to rabbits rabbit warrants are really valuable medieval times then as time went on basically to your chickens anything you were keeping in stock

Rescuing the UK's Rarest...

 the cubist and surrealist movements to the world, and rose to the defense of many young artists in the face of what was often a xenophobic and narrow-minded public. As a poet, Apollinaire was passionate about all forms of art and a connoisseur of medieval literature, especially calligraphy and illuminated initials.

The poet who painted...

 from medieval torture devices to polygraphs, blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress analyzers, eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation,

The language of lying —...

 and he's a great aficionado of medieval history. And by profession, he's a psychophysicist. Now, I should tell you that I have no idea what psychophysics is, although at some point in my life, I dated a girl for two years who was getting her doctorate in psychophysics.

Choice, happiness and...

 And we must do something about those problems. But at the same time, as Arthur C. Clarke said, The rotting of the human mind, the business of believing in the paranormal and the occult and the supernatural -- all of this total nonsense, this medieval thinking --

Homeopathy, quackery and...

 where humanity rules the stars in a giant feudal empire. This medieval motif goes beyond just the government. Unlike most interstellar sci-fi, Herbert's humans conquered the stars without any computers. Following an ancient war with robots,

Why should you read...

 As far as we know, Medieval England was never invaded by ice zombies, or terrorized by dragons, but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters

The wars that inspired...

 for now because you know those medieval diners may have been onto something when they call the lungs of the goose the soul the lungs the breath of life and if the connection isn't quite there in

The real meaning of soul...

 it is an old world full of life where common creatures live side by side with the last of the medieval monsters the new forest contains many unique habitats

Peek Inside the Strange,...

 and we wait for the gems. And the gems are always the outermost aspects of our interviewee's personality. And we stitch them together like medieval monks,