Medieval City Wall

Famous quotes containing the words medieval, city and/or wall:

“Our medieval historians who prefer to rely as much as possible on official documents because the chronicles are unreliable, fall thereby into an occasionally dangerous error. The documents tell us little about the difference in tone which separates us from those times; they let us forget the fervent pathos of medieval life.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“Follow good people and you will learn to be good; follow beggars and you will sleep outside the city gates.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Cooling, so cooling,
with a wall against my feet,
midday sleep—behold.”
—Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)