Historical Period Quotes

Throughout the world Dark Ages have scrawled finis to successions of cultures receding far into the past.

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

As an audience, if you see 1800s or something, it more often seems that the actors are carrying the weight of the time. It always has a Shakespearean tone to it. To me, that always feels very theatrical and very unrelatable.

Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.

I have just written a book on the occupation of the Channel Islands, which is being published in Germany. Pursuing the Second World War is my passion because it's the most extraordinary period in history.

Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation.

An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.

Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.

When I was 16, I was in a film called 'The Patriot.' I spent every second I could on the set watching the director and his team bring America circa 1775 to life. From that moment on, I was hooked.

I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.

I hate the word educational! I mean, 'Downton Abbey' is educational in that you come away from it knowing so much more about that period than when the show started, but you don't come away thinking it was educational.

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th.

The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.

I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

The safest period of my lifetime was the Cold War, when Europe was more sharply divided than ever.

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love.

Antiquite . en tout ce qui s'y rapporte: Est poncif, embe" tant! etc. Antiquity. And everything to do with it, cliche d and boring.

During the years 1945-1965 (I am referring to Europe), there was a certain way of thinking correctly, a certain style of politicaldiscourse, a certain ethics of the intellectual. One had to be on familiar terms with Marx, not let one's dreams stray too far from Freud.... These were therequirements that made the strange occupation of writing and speaking a measure of truth about oneself and one's time acceptable.

This capitalist society has not lasted forever; it's only a few hundred years old.

One could imagine a period like Japan13 years ago, however, in which indexing over time wouldn't work.