Stages Of Modernist Grief

 Century Archetypes Maiden, Mother, and Crone Eras 21st Century Mother Era 20th Century Maiden Era 22nd Century Crone Era Father, Son, and Holy Ghost  16th Century Old Man Era 17th Century Dad Era 18th Century Son Era Other 19th Century Child Era 13th Century Family Era 14th/15th Century Phoenix Era

 The 14th and 15th centuries ended everything To finish off this series, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries stand out at one of the most important turning points in Western history. Often remembered as the final centuries of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance, these two centuries can be understood through a powerful theme: death and rebirth. The fourteenth century was an era of crisis, destruction, and uncertainty. War, plague, famine, and religious division challenged the political and social structures that had defined medieval Europe for centuries. Yet from these crises emerged new ways of thinking, creating, and understanding the world. By the fifteenth century, European society was experiencing a cultural rebirth that would eventually lead into what historians call the early modern period. This is why I considered the 14th and 15th centuries as the "phoenix era" as this is the period where everything burns naturally and then is reborn or reemerges a...

The 13th Century Is Misunderstood To finish off this series on the centuries from shock to peace, I will say that the 13th century contrasts the 19th century quite well. I describe the 19th century as a child era, and I believe the 13th century was also a childish century, but in the exact opposite way. The 19th century had the child at the helm, unrestricted creativity which included whatever dark, disgusting, or completely outlandish thing that could be brought about by the child's imagination. The 19th century was the atomized child left to their own devices, sometimes quite literally. The 13th century was the opposite. It was the child kept in check. The child was part of something larger than themselves. And while creativity and individuality were still present, they were more limited and censored. As a result, this era seems much more unified and wholesome than the 19th century does, but can also seem less exciting and more stifling. I consider the 13th century to be the “fam...