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And Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus. But Jesus said to Peter: Sheath the sword; Can't I drink the cup that the Father gave Me? The Gospel of John, 18: 10-11 We have a good saying in Russia: an egg is dear for Easter
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He who wants to save his life does not take a Saint cross. I am ready to die in battle, In battle for the Lord Christ. To all those whose conscience is unclean, Who hides in his land, The gates of heaven are closed, And God meets us in Paradise. Friedrich von Hausen … Translation by V. Mikushevich) It doesn't matter how and why, but it turned out that in 1099
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I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1, 8I, John … was on an island called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. … and heard behind me a loud voice, as if a trumpet, which said: I am the Alpha and Omega
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“He was covered from head to toe with ancient iron armor; his head was inside a helmet resembling an iron barrel with slits; he held a shield, a sword, and a long spear; his horse was also in armor, a steel horn protruded from its forehead, and a magnificent red and green silk blanket hung down like
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For many centuries, it was Byzantium that was the custodian of ancient Roman culture and military art. And what it ended up with in the Middle Ages, and somewhere around from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to the 10th century inclusive, today our story will go, and
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Battle of Yalu. In the two previous articles, we talked in detail about the number and technical characteristics of the Japanese and Chinese ships that met at the Battle of Yalu. Today, the story will go about the battle itself - the death of a Chinese cruiser. Japanese lithograph (Cruiser is mistakenly depicted on the right
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Dear God, what should I do? And which kingdom to cling to: Will I choose the Kingdom of Heaven? Will I choose the kingdom of the earth? Song: Knights and Chivalry of Three Ages. How
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But you know yourself: the senseless rabble is Changeable, rebellious, superstitious, Easily betrayed to empty hope, Obedient to instant suggestion, To the truth is deaf and indifferent, And it feeds on fables. S. Pushkin, "Boris Godunov" Contemporaries about the Mongols. Needless to say, our great
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I will not allow the glorious bards to lavish raptures; They did not see Arthur's feats of valor at Kaer Vidir! On the walls there stood five dozen hundred day and night, And it was very difficult to deceive the marines. returned back from Caer Kolur! "Trophies
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“A very interesting topic: the outskirts of the former Roman world - from Ireland to the Volga. It seems that the chroniclers were working, diplomats were cruising, but there was a place for dragons, warriors, magic with the addition of everyday details.”Konstantin Viktorovich Samarin, samarin1969 New meeting with Croatia
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“I think you just won't find it. They simply do not exist. All references to the Mongols from Arab sources.”Vitaliy (lucul) Contemporaries about the Mongols. The publication of the material "Persian Sources about the Mongol-Tatars" caused too heated discussion on "VO", so you will have to start with some "preamble" to
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Then Jesus says to him: Return your sword to its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Gospel of Matthew 26:51 Knights and chivalry of three centuries. How interesting history is sometimes! The Hungarians were one of those peoples who came from Asia along the Steppe Corridor to Europe and for many years led
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Learning is light, but the ignorant is darkness. Information is illumination. Svirin. Expedition to the ancestors. Moscow: Malysh, 1970 Vatican Apostolic Library. And it so happened that at all times there were people who understood the value of the written word and collected for their descendants and for themselves contemporary manuscripts and
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Both the sea and the mountains saw me in battle with numerous knights of Turan. What did I do, my star is my witness! Rashid ad-Din. "Jami 'at-tavarih" Contemporaries about the Mongols. Among the many sources of information about the conquests of the Mongols, the Chinese occupy a special place. But it should be emphasized that they are very
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I'm like a broken toy forgotten on the shelf … Alice Cooper Once upon a time Tsar Peter III walked here … The life of each of us never stands still. We are constantly striving for something, losing something, often changing positions and professions. Our hobbies also change with age, as well as the objects that we
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“The government cancels secret diplomacy, for its part expressing a firm intention to conduct all negotiations completely openly before the whole people, proceeding immediately to the full publication of secret treaties confirmed or concluded by the government of landowners and capitalists from February to 7
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"When Poland has not yet perished …" A bloody cloud hung over Poland, And red drops burn cities. But a star shines in the glow of the past centuries. Under the pink wave, rising, the Vistula cries. Sergei Yesenin. Sonnet "Poland") Knights and chivalry of three centuries. Today we continue to consider the military affairs of Europe with
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Autumn storm - What will it be like now for Those five houses? .. Buson Contemporaries about the Mongols. And it so happened that in 1268, 1271 and 1274. Kublai Khan (Kublai Khan), the emperor of China, repeatedly sent his envoys to Japan with an unveiled demand: to pay him tribute! The attitude of the Japanese towards
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Smerds that are quiet to me are dear to me in a peaceful field. King Sigurd Magnusson (that is, the son of Magnus), nicknamed the Crusader, ruled Norway from 1103 to 1130. He is credited with the authorship of this visas *. "Poetry of the Skalds" / Translation by S. V. Petrov, comments and applications by M. I. Steblin-Kamensky. L., 1979. The Thorn of Glad
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The Frankopanov Castle in Krk is one of the most important ancient monuments and part of the architectural heritage of northwestern Croatia from the 12th to 17th centuries. And this is not only an interesting object for studying the military and peaceful history of the city, but also a very, I would say, an unusual place that allows you to feel
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Aivazovsky on American aid to starving people in Russia. It happens that a journalist talks about something. It happens that an artist talks about the same thing! So today our story will be about two unusual paintings by I.K. Aivazovsky, who, with their help, told about one little-known episode of Russian-American
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Scale models for every taste. The last article about large-scale models in the USSR ended in 1987 for a reason. This year, the Minsk publishing house "Polymya" finally (5 years after writing!) Published my first book "Out of everything at hand" with a circulation of 87 thousand copies. And split in two
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The pictures of supposedly Byzantine warriors are touching. Perhaps the thousand men had such an "outfit", but not the rank and file and not even the foremen. And even the English inscriptions in the pictures do not convince me, but on the contrary
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Letter to Prince Mindaugas Oh, eternity! Tribesmen of Mindaugas, I would like to talk to you and hear the truth … Is Voruta Castle real? Or is it just a dream? Lina Adamonite. Letter to a fellow tribesman of Prince Mindaugas (2001) “The heart of“Baltic Europe”is made up of the lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (together with
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As Monteriggione is surrounded by towers in a circle on its summit, So here, crowning a circular barrier, Lighthouses, like strongholds, Terrible giants … Divine Comedy, Canto XXXI, 40-45, translated by M.L. Lozinsky The round fortress city of Monteriggioni. What should be an ideal medieval city? Well, or in
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Open-air museum in the Italian city of Rimini. On the pages of "VO" at different times, articles were published about the Roman soldiers and their weapons, battles that they won or lost, and even about British designers of Roman weapons and armor, such as Michael Simkins and Neil
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“All this led to a weakening of our defenses and put the Soviet Union in a mortal threat. Here the question is pertinent: how to get out of this more than unfavorable situation? I think that there is only one way out of this situation: to create a second
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"Tanks came to the casino" This material of mine is 1111th in a row, which means it is a little mystical, just as the materials that fall under the numbers 666 and 999 are "mystical". And I would like it to be different from something ordinary, ordinary … But what to write about? About malevolent "them" who
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Postgraduate studies are a direct road to science. One of the characteristics of Professor Medvedev's leadership was that he usually invited graduate students to his home. His apartment was large, "Stalin's", and in it he had a separate office. Purely professorial: bookcases to the ceiling on both
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Postgraduate studies are a direct road to science. The publication of this series of materials, as it turned out, aroused the most genuine interest of the VO reading audience, where there are many people who have followed the same path as the author. Of course, there were also comments like “And someone was doing business then!”, That is, a hint that
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I've been there. I have been in the valleys, Where everything is tenderly caressed by the gaze, I have been on the formidable rapids of the Balkan inaccessible mountains. I saw in the villages of those distant Behind the bright plow of a young man, I was high on the peaks, Where the clouds rest, I was there and in the sultry summer, I used to bloom in spring. - The whole region breathed with the labor of the deceased
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I saw more than one daredevil, -Now they lie in the graves for a long time, And even the ant to drive away from the face, Walking on the lions, they are not able. Hovhannes Tlcurantsi. Armenian medieval lyrics. L.O. publishing house "Soviet writer", 1972 Knights and chivalry of three centuries. In our "journey" through the "era of the chain mail knights" we
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Postgraduate studies are a direct road to science. So, we are finishing a series of materials about those years that the author spent in graduate school at KSU. Many readers asked questions in their comments, asked to clarify some circumstances of interest, and they will receive answers in this article, but later, in the meantime, we
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Then the ruler of husbands Agamemnon objected to Achilles: “Well, run if you want! strife, war and battles to you and
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He fired once, and fired two, and a bullet whistled into the bushes … You shoot like a soldier, - Kamal said, - I'll see how you ride! ("Ballad of the West and East", R. Kipling) … World cultural history knows thousands of famous poets and musicians
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When the aggressor wants to be good … Today the world is constantly shaken by the disasters of both civilian and military ships and aircraft, many of which very often look as if they were organized on purpose. The latest example is the crash of the Asia Minor Boeing in the skies over the Donbass
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The life of the master is more weighty than a thousand mountains, while mine is insignificant, even in comparison with a hair. Oishi Kuranosuke is the chapter of 47 devoted samurai. Translation: M. Uspensky Many peoples have legends about heroes who honestly fulfill their duty. However, remember that the main duty of a samurai is to die for his own
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This is completely out of place - the guy has a long dagger! Mukai Kyorai (1651 - 1704). Per. V. Markova Well, now it's finally time to talk about the so-called ninja - Japanese spies and assassins, people of a truly unusual fate. Is that only about the Knights Templar there are so many all kinds of rumors
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Among the flowers - cherries, among people - a samurai. A medieval Japanese proverb: The path of a samurai was as straight as an arrow fired from a bow. The path of the ninja is winding, like the movement of a snake. Samurai tried to be knights, and fought openly under their banners. Ninja preferred to operate under the banner
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Give me the study of native history !!! More articles that are good and different (and maybe even controversial) !! Someone JääKorppi The unfeigned interest caused by the material about the "culture of battle axes" once again reminds that knowledge of the history of its origins is a very, very important thing. Moreover, this knowledge should be