For many medieval writers, the image of the Garden of Eden also creates a location for human love and sexuality, often associated with the classic and medieval trope of the locus amoenus.

The thesis put forward by Henri Pirenne, while disputed widely, supposes that the Arab conquests forced the medieval economy into even greater ruralization and gave rise to the classic feudal pattern of varying degrees of servile peasantry underpinning a hierarchy of localized power centers.

It includes the Thyatian Empire, which could be compared to Byzantine Empire ; the Grand Duchy of Karameikos ( which includes the town of Threshold, the default setting of many classic D & D adventures ), comparable to medieval southeastern Europe ; the Principalities of Glantri, which is similar to medieval western Europe, ruled by wizard-princes ; the Ethengar Khanate, a Mongol-like society ; the merchant-run Republic of Darokin, which is based somewhat loosely on the mercantile states of Medieval Italy ; the Emirates of Ylaruam which have an Arabic flavor ; the Heldannic Territories, ruled by an order of religious Knights devoted to the Immortal Vanya, similar to the Teutonic Knights ; the Atruaghin Clans, which have an Amerindian feel ; the nation of Sind, based on India during the rule of the Mughals ; the Northern Reaches Kingdoms of Ostland, Vestland, the Soderfjord Jarldoms, based on Scandinavian kingdoms at various periods of history ; the Dwarven nation of Rockhome ; the elven Kingdom of Alfheim ; the Halfling lands of the Five Shires ; and the Alphatian Empire, ruled by wizards and other spellcasters.

However, film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars out of a possible 4 and commented that " Some will say the movie breaks tradition by telling a medieval story with a soundtrack of classic rock.

Pugin later dismissed the building saying ' All Grecian, Sir, Tudor details on a classic body ', the essentially symmetrical plan and river front being offensive to Pugin's taste for medieval gothic buildings.

A classic example of a medieval fortress, it is the world ’ s largest brick castle and one of the most impressive of its kind in Europe.

His work, Or Adonai, became a classic refutation of medieval Aristotelism, and harbinger of the scientific revolution in the 16th century.

Geoffrey Chaucer's " The Miller's Tale " from his Canterbury Tales is a classic medieval example.

Thomas A Kempis in the medieval contemplative classic The Imitation of Christ ( ca 1418 ) stated that the glory of a good man is the witness of a good conscience.

While most of Aventuria is set in the central European Middle Ages, Myranor is based on a mixture of classic Greek / Roman as well as medieval Asian background.

Some of the city's most prominent historical buildings are the Cathedral, the finest example of French-style classic Gothic architecture in Spain, the Basilica of San Isidoro, one of the most important Romanesque churches in Spain and resting place of Leon's medieval monarchs, the Monastery of San Marcos, a prime example of plateresque and Renaissance Spanish architecture, and the Casa Botines, a Modernist creation of the architect Antoni Gaudí.

His early work includes the classic texts Mental Acts and Reference and Generality, the latter defending an essentially modern conception of reference against medieval theories of supposition.

Lyrics were originally texts taken from classic Hebrew literature, including liturgical texts and poems by medieval Hebrew poets.

Two of his Stanford students, United States President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover, dedicated their English translation of the medieval mining classic De re metallica to Branner.

The white, finely-grained wood is a classic choice for refined woodcarvings such as those by Grinling Gibbons or several prominent medieval altars.

Poetry was not chiefly studied during the medieval times, although some classic poems were taken into the curriculum.

Just from the pursuit of an ideal " classic " placed out of time, he creates difficulty in dating the Baptistery, similar to what occurs for other italian medieval monuments of strong classical style, like the church of St. Alexander in Lucca or the Basilica of St. Salvatore in Spoleto with the nearby Temple of Clitumnus.

There are medieval eccentricities, sometimes phantasmagoric, superfluous emotional detail and a misty non-linear, often jagged quality to his drawings, with primal tonality to his coloration that separates him from the classic Roman masters.

His 1883 classic publication The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print, and his other books, frequently with medieval European settings, include a four-volume set on King Arthur.

It's a classic example of the so called canting arms well known in European heraldry as it was borne by the medieval lords de Łodzia ( a feudal lordship ) and their clan.

This led to much waxing lyrical on the part of Foggy as he tried to guess what exactly this was, and he concluded that it must be a medieval cough sweet ( it turned out to be a classic car ).

In his studies of medieval literature Staines has examined the evolution of romance traditions, which resulted in a landmark new translation of the classic tales of Chrétien de Troyes: The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes ( 1990 ).

These writers point to numerous guerrilla conflicts that center around religious, ethnic or even criminal enterprise themes, and that do not lend themselves to the classic " national liberation " template.

A similar change followed with the " rocker " design, which bends the ski into a banana-like shape, as opposed to the classic bow-like shaping with the tips and tails pressed down and the center raised.

The classic steamer contains a chimney through the center, which distributes the steam among the tiers.

The center of town is also a small village that contains a very well preserved classic colonial New England town center and common.

The classic farm tractor is a simple open vehicle, with two very large driving wheels on an axle below and slightly behind a single seat ( the seat and steering wheel consequently are in the center ), and the engine in front of the driver, with two steerable wheels below the engine compartment.

Internet is the main channel of e-service delivery while other classic channels ( e. g. telephone, call center, public kiosk, mobile phone, television ) are also considered.

A classic example of strict liability is the owner of a tiger rehabilitation center.

Many of the most popular musicians of the classic era had lost their edge or died, and President Mobutu's regime continued to repress indigenous music, reinforcing Paris ' status as a center for Congolese music.

However, by this point, Alexander led the horse companions in their classic wedge-shaped charge, and smashed into the center of the Persian line.

Instead of a classic style food court, Water Tower Place offers multiple restaurant and cafeteria style eateries in the atrium of the center ( Mity Nice Grill and Foodlife, both owned by Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants ) as well as Wow Bao in the entrance area and Auntie Anne's Pretzels on the 7th Floor.

Garreau's classic example of an edge city is the information technology center, Tysons Corner, Virginia, west of Washington, D. C. As recently as the end of World War II, it was a country crossroads, but it now has more office space than downtown Atlanta.

As befitting his broad-ranging interests in classic texts, the flanking inscriptions are in latin ( center ), greek ( right ) and hebrew ( left ) text.

The Persians heavily reinforced that side, and the feint was driven back, but at that point, Alexander led the horse companions in their classic wedge-shaped charge, and smashed into the center of the Persian line.

The first generation Oldsmobile Toronado and the Saab 99 and “ classic ” Saab 900 had their engines mounted approximately on the front axle center line, with power being taken by chains or a gear train to a transmission and differential mounted below and beside the engine.

The return of the troupe to Paris at the beginning of September, coincided with the publication in the NRF of Copeau's Un essai de rénovation Dramatique: le théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (" Essay on Dramatic Renewal: The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier "), in which he set forth the principles of this project: first, the choice of place far from the despised Right Bank boulevard in a district closer to schools and the center of artistic life where the new theatre might attract an audience of students, intellectuals and artists with a subscription system that would assure reasonable prices ; second, a variety of productions — as many as three different productions a week, which would not only appeal to a wider public, but also would offer the actors the opportunity to play several different sorts of roles in quick succession, maintaining the suppleness of their interpretive skills ; third, a repertoire both classic and modern would mark the offerings of the company: the classic plays of Jean Racine and Molière — never put in modern dress to keep them à la mode — and the best plays of the previous thirty years.

However, it is suggested that because of the extensive classic marketing theories center on means of attracting customers and creating transactions rather than maintaining them, the majority usage of direct marketing used in the past is now gradually being used more alongside relationship marketing as its importance becomes more recognizable.

The semi-buckhorn is similar but has a wider gently curving notch with the more precise ' V ' at its center and is standard on classic Winchester and Marlin lever-action rifles.

He then placed his heavy, or " bridled ", cavalry in the center and the light and swift-moving Numidian cavalry on the wings: a classic formation in which the wings would break off to ride around and attack the enemy rear.

A classic " T-O " map with Jerusalem at center, east toward the top, Europe at bottom left and Africa on the right.

A classic " T-O " map with Jerusalem at center and east toward the top.

( Both Riviere and Freud center their texts on the Oedipal story ( see Oedipus and Oedipus complex, a classic example of the incest taboo.

< center > St Andrew's Cathedral, St Andrews, now in ruins: one of Scotland's key buildings in the classic period of the Makars and a possible presence in some of Dunbar's spiritual works </ center >