medieval
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As early as 1859 the New York Times associated Cornelius Vanderbilt with the idea of the medieval robber baron, thus tarnishing the image of the country’s biggest shipowner.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
If he actually were a medieval king or a Roman emperor, you might wonder what he would be doing differently.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
The curators take an expansive approach to a field conventionally centered on medieval Insular art from Britain and Ireland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Aberdeen has always looked to the sea, from medieval trade with Scandinavia to landing and processing millions of barrels of herring during the 19th and 20th Centuries.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
But as he was taken up in the universities of medieval and Renaissance Europe his works became a textbook of acquired knowledge, not a project to provoke further enquiry.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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