* The Reformation: A History, by English historian Diarmaid MacCulloch

The church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch comments about this: " Jerome translator of the Old Testament into Latin, mistaking particles of Hebrew, had turned this into a description of Moses wearing a pair of horns-and so the Lawgiver is frequently depicted in the art of the Western Church, even after humanists had gleefully removed the horns from the text of Exodus.

Diarmaid MacCulloch, a historian of the Reformation, wrote that the reason why the early reformers upheld Mary ’ s perpetual virginity was that she was " the guarantee of the Incarnation of Christ ", a teaching that was being denied by the same radicals that were denying Mary ’ s perpetual virginity.

Godwin's political views were diverse and do not perfectly agree with any of the ideologies that claim his influence ; writers of the Socialist Standard, organ of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, consider Godwin both an individualist and a communist ; anarcho-capitalist Murray Rothbard did not regard Godwin as being in the individualist camp at all, referring to him as the " founder of communist anarchism "; and historian Albert Weisbord considers him an individualist anarchist without reservation.

It is the first to claim a film character who identifies as a lesbian, and film historian Vito Russo considers the film a complex treatment of a multifaceted character who is forced into silence about her openness by other lesbians.

For instance, the historian Thucydides, who is known for his critical spirit, considers it a true event but doubts that 1, 186 ships were sent to Troy.

Military historian Robert W. Martin considers Tours " one of the most decisive battles in all of history.

He is also good friends with film historian and critic Leonard Maltin and considers the book Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide to be the standard of film guide books.

Modern historian Ma Feibai considers the significance of Duke Xian's abolition of human sacrifice to Chinese history comparable to that of Abraham Lincoln's abolition of slavery to American history.

The historian Raimund Lammersdorf considers Niemöller " an opportunist who had no quarrel with Hitler politically and only began to oppose the Nazis when Hitler threatened to attack the churches.

Inside, the ward contained the chambers for the royal household, their immediate staff and service facilities ; today, historian Jeremy Ashbee considers them to be the " best preserved suite of medieval private royal chambers in England and Wales ".

The author and historian Antonia Fraser describes Catesby's mentality as " that of the crusader who does not hesitate to employ the sword in the cause of values which he considers are spiritual ".

The historian Antonio Paredes Candia considers that these figures would be the remains of ancient sacred festivities during the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere.

Military historian Cathcart King describes the approach as formidable, and considers it the equal of the 13th-century castles of Edward I in Wales, such as Caerphilly Castle.

Baseball historian Bill James considers Chesbro to be undeserving of induction to the Hall of Fame.

It is unclear when Deusdedit adopted his new name, although the historian Richard Sharpe considers it likely to have been when he was consecrated as an archbishop, rather than when he entered religious life.

Israeli historian Tom Segev considers Meinertzhagen both a " great anti-semite and a great Zionist ," quoting from his Middle East Diary: " I am imbued with antisemitic feelings.

However the historian Steven Runciman considers this number exaggerated, and notes that the Moslem light cavalry present were probably better armed than the turcopoles.

Reiniger has expressed mild interest in the title and suggests passing it to his younger brother Harlan Reiniger a historian and PBS documentary producer, but in general considers the title an anecdote and curiosity of no real world importance.

The Polish historian Bohun considers it improvident to rely on " propaganda data " of Sigismund.

The Bulgarian historian and thracologist Alexander Fol considers that the Getae became known as " Dacians " in Greek and Latin in the writings of Caesar, Strabo and Pliny the Elder, as Roman observers adopted the name of the Dacian tribe to refer to all the unconquered inhabitants north of the Danube.

However, historian Romila Thapar considers these claims to be exaggerations.

Abdolonyme Ubicini, a French historian and journalist, was one of the first to publish the 1844 figure by adding that he considers it an underestimation of the total Ottoman Armenian population.

The castle features a large stone keep, which historian Richard Avent considers " the finest surviving example of a Welsh round tower ".

Another historian of linguistics Frederick Newmeyer considers Syntactic Structures " revolutionary " for two reasons.

In addition, historian Guglielmo Piombini considers anarcho-capitalism a form of individualist anarchism, though he offers no support for this statement.

On the other hand, historian Jorge Luis Areola considers ' Ixtatán ' to be from the Nahuatl language, from the words Ixtat

Thus, if every historian were to claim that there was a solar eclipse in the year 1600, then though we might at first naively regard that as in violation of natural laws, we'd come to accept it as a fact.

There were exceptions: Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was more frequently portrayed fully nude, though in postures that were intended to portray shyness or modesty, a portrayal that has been compared to modern pin ups by historian Marilyn Yalom.

Tacitus writes that the Praetorian Prefect, Macro, smothered Tiberius with a pillow to hasten Caligula's accession, much to the joy of the Roman people, while Suetonius writes that Caligula may have carried out the killing, though this is not recorded by any other ancient historian.

In antiquity, the Greek historian Herodotus mentioned that the world had been divided by unknown persons into three parts, Europe, Asia, and Libya ( Africa ), with the Nile and the River Phasis forming their boundaries — though he also states that some considered the River Don, rather than the Phasis, as the boundary between Europe and Asia.

Einhard's literary model was the classical work of the Roman historian Suetonius, the Lives of the Caesars, though it is important to stress that the work is very much Einhard's own, that is to say he adapts the models and sources for his own purposes.

The Egyptian historian Manetho credited him with inventing the method of a stone-dressed building during Djoser's reign, though he was not the first to actually build with stone.

This ultimately resulted in Hanson's statue being one of two representing Maryland in Statuary Hall in the U. S. Capitol, even though, according to historian Gregory Stiverson, Hanson was not one of Maryland's foremost leaders of the Revolutionary era.

The most notable leader of the movement, though maintaining a certain distance from the Old Catholic Church as an institution, was the renowned church historian and priest Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger ( 1799 – 1890 ), who had been excommunicated by the pope because of his support for the affair.

It was perhaps the first non-English-language punk rock record, though as music historian George Gimarc notes, the punk enunciation made that distinction somewhat moot.

Even though, read in the light of later research, much of the first volume must necessarily be relegated to the region of the mythical, nonetheless, the historian was a laborious and accomplished reader and investigator of all available authorities, as well manuscript as printed ; while the roll of names of those who aided him includes every man of note in Scotland at the time, from Sir Thomas Craig and Sir George Mackenzie to Alexander Nisbet and Thomas Ruddiman.

The relatively comprehensive Oakeshott typology was created by historian and illustrator Ewart Oakeshott as a way to define and catalogue swords based on physical form, though a rough sense of chronology is apparent.

Fables, succinct tales with an explicit " moral ," were said by the Greek historian Herodotus to have been invented in the 6th century BCE by a Greek slave named Aesop, though other times and nationalities have also been given for him.

Stalactites are first mentioned ( though not by name ) by the Roman natural historian Pliny in a text which also mentions stalagmites and columns and refers to their creation by the dripping of water.

Libertarian historian Thomas Woods contends that the tax cuts ended the Depression of 1920 – 1921 — even though economic growth had begun before the cuts — and were responsible for creating a decade-long expansion.

The person executed may have been attached to the cross by rope, though nails are mentioned in a passage by the Judean historian Josephus, where he states that at the Siege of Jerusalem ( 70 ), " the soldiers out of rage and hatred, nailed those they caught, one after one way, and another after another, to the crosses, by way of jest.

Since the time of the historian Edward Gibbon, the split between the Church of Rome and the Orthodox Church has been conveniently dated to 1054, though the reality is more complex.

" The British historian of the Arab Revolt, David Murphy wrote that though the film was flawed due to various inaccuaries and omissions, " it was a truly epic movie and is rightly seen as a classic ".

The cause behind the soured relations is not fully known, though historian Marjorie Chibnall stated that, " historians have tended to put the blame on Matilda [...] This is a hasty judgement based on two or three hostile English chroniclers ; such evidence as there is suggests Geoffrey was at least as much to blame ".

According to the historian and poet John Barbour, King Robert Bruce rebuked the folly of his brother, even though Dundee had probably fallen to the Scots through a similar arrangement in 1312.

The Egyptian historian Manetho credited him with inventing stone-dressed building during Djoser's reign, though he was not the first to actually build with stone.

This " forceful maternal action ," as historian Pauline Croft describes it, obliged James to climb down at last, though he reproved Anne for " froward womanly apprehensions " and described her behaviour in a letter to Mar as " wilfulness.

Theatre historian Marvin Carlson agrees, noting that this play epitomizes the " complex tonality and deft dramatic technique " that remained throughout his work, though, he asserts, it was only as the playwright matured that his " dark view of the human condition its final expression.

She is known exclusively from the work of a single Roman historian, Tacitus, though she appears to have been widely influential in early Roman Britain.

Donald Cameron Watt, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the London School of Economics, wrote that he admires some of Irving's work as a historian, though he rejects his conclusions about the Holocaust.

Oilman, geologist, and historian Clayton Wheat Williams, Sr., operated a ranch near Alpine in Brewster County though his residence was in Fort Stockton.