Monthly Archives: April 2015

The Annales School of history which arose in France in 1929 has been criticised for a lack of coherent meta-narrative and lack of focus. The school has gone through three major periods of development and fragmentation such that the title … Continue reading →

The Vienna Secession was founded on 3rd  April 1897 by several young artists in Vienna frustrated by the increasing conservatism of the Austrian Artists’ Society (Gesellschaft bildender Künstler Österreichs) housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. The founders were  Koloman Moser, Gustav … Continue reading →

The Premonstratensians, also known as the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, or the Norbertines, were founded by Norbert of Xanten in 1120 at Prémontré and received papal approbation in 1126. The Order quickly spread across Europe during the twelfth … Continue reading →