O pericle in athens, for listeners who aren't super familiar?

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i've thought a lot about what makes an artistic golden age, and why it is that we seem to have these golden ages when people are always creating odd. And there's always a lot more people than you think when you superficially look at that. There are always women that are invisible when you look at it from a distance. But one of the things that you very often get with these clusters is that the money that is funding it is coming from somebody who feels that their legitimacy is slightly dodgy,. They want to use the art to sure up their claims to legitimacy. So you get that, for instance, in pericle and athens. And i won't say connected to

David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights. He was a professor of Medieval History at Dominican University from 2006-2017, and now works as an academic advisor in the history department of the University of Minnesota. His scholarly work focuses on Venice, the Crusades, and the Mediterranean World. Numerous topics covered include: Reasons to study history; how historical figures and institutions claimed legitimacy; calling an Age "Dark" or "Golden" in order to get legitimacy; patronage of the arts to prop up legitimacy; fake innovation and fake continuity; bastardy; parrots and coconuts in medieval Europe; and more! David Perry website David Perry Patreon "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry