Quotes from Richard Kieckhefer

We are what we read -- and the power of books to transform the minds and personalities of their readers can give cause for anxiety as well as for celebration.

Historians can set up all the conceptual walls they want, but they should not be surprised when medieval people pass through them freely, like ghosts. Nonetheless,

What we know for sure is that rulers did not appreciate having astrologers forecast the time and manner of their demise. As

For Dieste, art in general and religious architecture in particular is not a luxury but a basic commodity, like potatoes.