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That means that you look back at a situation, and think what you should have done, if you had the information you have now.
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What is it called when people learn from their mistakes?
Hindsight? Retrospect?
Why were the Middle Ages called the Age of Faith?
It is called the Age Faith because at the time everything revolved around religion. Much architectural skill was used to build amazing cathedrals with stain glass windows, flying buttresses, and gargoyles. Education was taught by church clergy, monks, and nuns at church schools in Latin, the language of the churches. Most who were educated were destined to work in the Church anyway and had need of reading Important Religious Documents which were mostly written in Latin. Holy Wars, like the Crusades, were fought for centuries to secure Jerusalem in the Holy Land (which had little if any strategic value for Europe). Those who fought were promised entrance into heaven and forgiveness of sins. Lastly the response to the Black Death provides much proof of the prevailing attitudes. People at the time believed it was caused because God was angry with them. Because of this people would pray and flagellate themselves so God would forgive them of their sins. There was also a tendency to blame Jews for the persistence of the plague, both in the sense that they were literally poisoning the wells and in the sense that their existence antagonized God. Of course, in hindsight we know such things to be false (especially because the evidence show that Jews died in similar percentages. Today, the most believed reason for the Black Death/Bubonic plague is Yersinia pestis discovered in 1894. Many historians draw a distinction between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era as the difference between the Age of Faith, when religious world views dominated, and the Age of Reason, when scientific world views dominated (and still do).
Who introduced the Gregorian calendar?
Pope Gregory XIII slightly revised the calendar in 1582, and implemented/introduced this on the day after October 4th, but it was very much the same as the previous (Julian) calendar, i.e. it had the same number of days in the year and days in the months, and the months had the same names.--------------------------------------------------Note: The Gregorian calendar was introduced on the day after October 4th, which officially became October 15th. In this way the year 1582 would end 10 days earlier that it would otherwise have done. This dramatic step immediately aligned the calendar year more closely with the solar year.-------------------------------------------------DETAILSBy Gregory's day, about a millennium and a half after the Julian calendar had been introduced, the calendar year had moved ahead of the solar year, and was now about 10 days ahead the solar year, and moving even further ahead each year. This was mainly due to the fact that the existing leap year arrangement hadn't adequately accounted for the earth's cycle around the sun.To correct this anomaly two things were done:ten days were removed from the calendar with immediate effect, andthe 4-year 'leap year' system was modified slightly: years that are divisible by 100 are not leap years, except for years divisible by 400 which are leap years.Although these change to the calendar were done under the authority of Pope Gregory, the main calculations and proposals for correction had been made earlier by various astronomers and mathematicians, some of whom had died before their ideas were implemented by Gregory.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------JULIAN CALENDARAs an example of an earlier but significant change to the calendar was when Julius Caesar introduced the 'Julian' calendar in 46 BCE. He decided that the year would begin on January 1st!With hindsight we can say that this seems like a very good idea!Furthermore, prior to the introduction of the Julian calendar, the year was about three months adrift from the solar year! Julius Caesar introduced dramatic changes to correct the matter.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------INTRODUCING THE GREGORIAN CALENDARBritain introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1752.Alaska introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1857The Chinese introduced the Gregorian calendar to their own culture in 1912.Russia introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1917, but the Russian Orthodox church still uses the Julian calendar for its holy days and celebrations.Greece introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1923, by which time their calendar was running 13 days ahead of the solar year.GREGORIAN CALENDAR NOT INTRODUCEDSome countries and cultures use their own calendars, e.g. The Islamic, Hindu and Hebrew calendars.Many Orthodox religions still use the Julian calendar for their 'church' calendars, a consequence of which is that common religious events are celebrated on entirely different days in different parts of the world.----------------------------------------------------------------------YEAR NUMBERING IN THE GREGORIAN CALENDARThe present year numbering system which, by extension back, started in the year 1 AD (anno domini), was already in wide use, and had been so for many centuries, long before Pope Gregory authorised the 1582 calendar adjustments. He retained the 'AD' year numbering system.The 'AD' year dating system was actually computed by Dionysius Exiguus in… 525 AD. i.e. in the year that was calculated by Exiguus to be the year '525'! Previously (and elsewhere) people had been (and were) using a different starting point for the year numbers.The starting point for Exiguus' year numbering system was based on the year he had calculated to be the year of the birth of Jesus Christ, with 1 AD being the first year of his life, i.e. 'the first year of our Lord, Jesus Christ', and the year 525 AD was therefore 524 years later.However, we have a problem here, because Exiguus did not provide cross references to other calendars or epochs, so we do not know if he intended year 1 AD to be the actual year of Jesus birth, or if it was intended to represent the year after Jesus birth, in which case Jesus would have been born in 1 BC, which might sound very strange!Even so, more people gradually began using Exiguus' year numbering system. A couple of centuries later it was officially adopted by Roman Emperor Charlemagne (742-814 AD) sometime during his reign, and Exiguus' system (which has a starting point of '1 AD') consequently became extensively used throughout Charlemagne's empire.The AD 'year numbering system' has become the most widely adopted calendar system, now being the most common system, even in lands where the birth of Jesus Christ would seem to be an irrelevance. Consequently many historians and academic works now prefer to use the neutral term 'Common Era' (C.E.) for years which were formerly designated AD, thus 325 AD becomes 325 CE.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For more information, see Related links below.
When was The Beauty of Hindsight created?
The Beauty of Hindsight was created in 2003.
What is the Greek name for hindsight?
The Greek name for hindsight is "μεταγνώση" (metagnósi).
What are the release dates for Hindsight - 1997?
Hindsight - 1997 was released on: USA: November 1997
When was Hindsight - Anathema album - created?
Hindsight - Anathema album - was created on 2008-08-11.
What was Napoleons military force called?
the awesomeness from Indiana asked, hindsight
What actors and actresses appeared in Hindsight - 1991?
The cast of Hindsight - 1991 includes: Jasper Cole as Paul
What actors and actresses appeared in Hindsight - 2001?
The cast of Hindsight - 2001 includes: Neil Herriot as Alex
What is the antonym of hindsight?
The antonym of hindsight is foresight. Foresight refers to the ability to predict or anticipate future events or outcomes, while hindsight reflects looking back on past events or experiences.
What is the opposite of hindsight?
Foresight
When was Hindsight - John Reuben album - created?
Hindsight - John Reuben album - was created on 2002-05-21.
What are the ratings and certificates for Before Hindsight - 1977?
Before Hindsight - 1977 is rated/received certificates of: Sweden:7
What does hindsight mean?
Hindsight is when you look back on a situation. For example, its said that hindsight is 20/20. That means that when looking back on a situation, you can really see all the possibilities that you didn't see at the time. Hindsight is to see events that have occurred as being more predictable than they were before they took place.
