[lbo-talk] "Western Civilization"

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 28 12:09:52 PDT 2008


At 08:19 PM 3/27/2008, Joanna wrote:


>Well actually medieval law was diff from Roman law.

Well, actually, after the 12th century trying to separate the development of medieval law from Roman law, think of Justinian's code as taught at the University of Bolgna, is like trying to separate a drop of ink from a glass of milk.


>And the revived architecture was a facade.

And?

Besides, it wasn't only facade. The nave, transept, and altar plan of medieval ecclesiastical architecture was based on the Roman basilica.



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