Barbara the barbarian

Pine boughs lined the casement window. Battered brass candlesticks of varying heights held red candles, their tiny flames glittered in the windowpanes. A porcelain doll in a tattered dress sat in one corner, a threadbare teddy in the other. Red glass ornaments and velvet bows were tucked in here and there. Every corner of her house held Vermeer-like still lifes, slightly dusty, but always lovely.

Bishop , in some Christian churches, the chief pastor and overseer of a diocese , an area containing several congregations. Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , and other churches have maintained the view that bishops are the successors of the Apostles and that an unbroken line of succession connects the Apostles to all legitimate bishops, a doctrine known as apostolic succession. Until February 11, , when Barbara Harris was ordained a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America , the apostolic-succession churches had reserved the office only for men. Although the New Testament mentions the office of bishop, its origins are obscure. It seems that the episcopacy —or threefold ministry of bishops, priests , and deacons —was well established in the Christian church by the 2nd century ce. He was the chief liturgical minister; he baptized , celebrated the Eucharist , ordained, absolved, controlled church finances, and settled matters of dispute.

Migration period , also called Dark Ages or Early Middle Ages , the early medieval period of western European history—specifically, the time — ce when there was no Roman or Holy Roman emperor in the West or, more generally, the period between about and , which was marked by frequent warfare and a virtual disappearance of urban life. The name of the period refers to the movement of so-called barbarian peoples —including the Huns , Goths , Vandals , Bulgars , Alani , Suebi , and Franks —into what had been the Western Roman Empire. See Middle Ages ; Germanic peoples. Migration period Article Media Additional Info.

A barbarian is a human who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. The designation is usually applied as a generalization based on a popular stereotype ; barbarians can be members of any nation judged by some to be less civilized or orderly such as a tribal society but may also be part of a certain "primitive" cultural group such as nomads or social class such as bandits both within and outside one's own nation. Alternatively, they may instead be admired and romanticised as noble savages.