Kathryn Harrison Quotes

No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest.

So many of the fantasy stories I encountered growing up were set in worlds that were largely modelled on medieval Europe in one way or another. Lots of white folks in feudal societies, castles and kings, that kind of thing.

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

The Battle of Poitiers was an encounter which would change the history of the world.

I loved studying the Medieval world; that's why I love 'Game of Thrones.'

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

I won't eat in a place that has suits of armor.

The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophists, economists and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

I have a real passion for anything medieval, which is why I love the drama series 'Game Of Thrones.'

I'd really love to check out medieval times. I'm obsessed with that kind of stuff, like on a horseback with a sword.

There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.

If it were a real effort to live in the Middle Ages, your life would be one perpetual prevarication.

The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

We forget how bawdy and brutal the Middle Ages were.

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.

And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens I might have enough, but such a fellowship of good knights shall never be together in no company.

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.

Medieval learning was really advanced.

I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.

I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' tales of chivalry and knights, things like that. Those are the stories I loved growing up.

Thank goodness we don't live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas.