Hans Christian Andersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhanˀs ˈkʁæsdjan ˈɑnɐsn̩], referred to using the initials H. C. Andersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhɔːˀ ˈseːˀ ˈɑnɐsn̩]) in Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia; April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."
During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide, and was feted by royalty. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.
Hans Christian Andersen was born in the town of Odense, Denmark, on Tuesday, April 2, 1805. He was an only child. "Hans", "Christian" and "Andersen" were (and are) traditional and common Danish names.
Andersen's father, also Hans, considered himself related to nobility. His paternal grandmother had told his father that their family had in the past belonged to a higher social class, but investigations prove these stories unfounded. The family apparently was affiliated with Danish royalty, but through employment or trade. Today, speculation persists that Andersen may have been an illegitimate son of the royal family. In any case, King Frederick VI took a personal interest in him as a youth and paid for a part of his education. According to writer Rolf Dorset, Andersen's ancestry remains indeterminate. Hans Christian was forced to support himself. He worked as a weaver's apprentice and, later, for a tailor. At 14, he moved to Copenhagen to seek employment as an actor. Having an excellent soprano voice, he was accepted into the Royal Danish Theatre, but his voice soon changed. A colleague at the theatre told him that he considered Andersen a poet. Taking the suggestion seriously, he began to focus on writing.
Plot
1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.
Keywords: 1300s, 1320s, 14th-century, abbey, abbot, accident, altar, ambiguous-title, antichrist, apocalypse
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
A story of unholy murder.
They believed in God, but traded with the Devil
Sie glaubten an Gott und waren des Teufels.
William of Baskerville: We are very fortunate to have such snowy ground here. It is often the parchment on which the criminal unwittingly writes his autograph. Now, what do you read from these footprints here?
William of Baskerville: Adso, if I knew the answers to everything, I would be teaching theology in Paris.
The Abbot: We found the body after a hailstorm, horribly mutilated, dashed against a rock at the foot of the tower, under a window which was, uh, how shall I say this? I trust...::William of Baskerville: Which was found closed.::The Abbot: Somebody told you?::William of Baskerville: Had it been found open, you would not have spoken of spiritual unease - you would have concluded that he'd fallen.::The Abbot: Brother William, the window cannot be opened! Nor was the glass shattered, nor is there any access to the roof above.
William of Baskerville: My dear Adso, we must not allow ourselves to be influenced by irrational rumors of the Antichrist, hmm? Let us instead exercise our brains and try to solve this tantalizing conundrum.
Jorge de Burgos: Laughter is a devilish wind which deforms, uh, the lineaments of the face and makes men look like monkeys.::William of Baskerville: Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.::Jorge de Burgos: As is sin. Christ never laughed.::William of Baskerville: Can we be so sure?::Jorge de Burgos: There is nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did.::William of Baskerville: And there's nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did not. Why, even the saints have been known to employ comedy, to ridicule the enemies of the Faith. For example, when the pagans plunged St. Maurice into the boiling water, he complained that his bath was too cold. The Sultan put his hand in... scalded himself.
[after seeing a rat while searching for a secret route to the library]::William of Baskerville: The rats love parchment even more than scholars do. Let's follow him!
William of Baskerville: She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.::Adso of Melk: But that's not true, and you know it!::William of Baskerville: I know. I also know that anyone who disputes the verdict of an Inquisitor is guilty of heresy.
William of Baskerville: But what is so alarming about laughter?::Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith, because without fear of the Devil there is no more need of God.
William of Baskerville: I too was an Inquisitor, but in the early days, when the Inquisition strove to guide, not to punish. And once I had to preside at a trial of a man whose only crime was to have translated a Greek book that conflicted with the Holy Scriptures. Bernardo Gui wanted him condemned as a heretic; I - acquitted the man. Then Bernardo Gui accused *me* of heresy, for having defended him. I appealed to the Pope. I - I was put in prison, tortured, and... and I recanted.::Adso of Melk: What happened then?::William of Baskerville: The man was burned at the stake and I am still alive.
William of Baskerville: The only evidence I see of the antichrist here is everyones desire to see him at work.
Plot
1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.
Keywords: 1300s, 1320s, 14th-century, abbey, abbot, accident, altar, ambiguous-title, antichrist, apocalypse
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
A story of unholy murder.
They believed in God, but traded with the Devil
Sie glaubten an Gott und waren des Teufels.
William of Baskerville: We are very fortunate to have such snowy ground here. It is often the parchment on which the criminal unwittingly writes his autograph. Now, what do you read from these footprints here?
William of Baskerville: Adso, if I knew the answers to everything, I would be teaching theology in Paris.
The Abbot: We found the body after a hailstorm, horribly mutilated, dashed against a rock at the foot of the tower, under a window which was, uh, how shall I say this? I trust...::William of Baskerville: Which was found closed.::The Abbot: Somebody told you?::William of Baskerville: Had it been found open, you would not have spoken of spiritual unease - you would have concluded that he'd fallen.::The Abbot: Brother William, the window cannot be opened! Nor was the glass shattered, nor is there any access to the roof above.
William of Baskerville: My dear Adso, we must not allow ourselves to be influenced by irrational rumors of the Antichrist, hmm? Let us instead exercise our brains and try to solve this tantalizing conundrum.
Jorge de Burgos: Laughter is a devilish wind which deforms, uh, the lineaments of the face and makes men look like monkeys.::William of Baskerville: Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.::Jorge de Burgos: As is sin. Christ never laughed.::William of Baskerville: Can we be so sure?::Jorge de Burgos: There is nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did.::William of Baskerville: And there's nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did not. Why, even the saints have been known to employ comedy, to ridicule the enemies of the Faith. For example, when the pagans plunged St. Maurice into the boiling water, he complained that his bath was too cold. The Sultan put his hand in... scalded himself.
[after seeing a rat while searching for a secret route to the library]::William of Baskerville: The rats love parchment even more than scholars do. Let's follow him!
William of Baskerville: She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.::Adso of Melk: But that's not true, and you know it!::William of Baskerville: I know. I also know that anyone who disputes the verdict of an Inquisitor is guilty of heresy.
William of Baskerville: But what is so alarming about laughter?::Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith, because without fear of the Devil there is no more need of God.
William of Baskerville: I too was an Inquisitor, but in the early days, when the Inquisition strove to guide, not to punish. And once I had to preside at a trial of a man whose only crime was to have translated a Greek book that conflicted with the Holy Scriptures. Bernardo Gui wanted him condemned as a heretic; I - acquitted the man. Then Bernardo Gui accused *me* of heresy, for having defended him. I appealed to the Pope. I - I was put in prison, tortured, and... and I recanted.::Adso of Melk: What happened then?::William of Baskerville: The man was burned at the stake and I am still alive.
William of Baskerville: The only evidence I see of the antichrist here is everyones desire to see him at work.
Plot
1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.
Keywords: 1300s, 1320s, 14th-century, abbey, abbot, accident, altar, ambiguous-title, antichrist, apocalypse
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
A story of unholy murder.
They believed in God, but traded with the Devil
Sie glaubten an Gott und waren des Teufels.
William of Baskerville: We are very fortunate to have such snowy ground here. It is often the parchment on which the criminal unwittingly writes his autograph. Now, what do you read from these footprints here?
William of Baskerville: Adso, if I knew the answers to everything, I would be teaching theology in Paris.
The Abbot: We found the body after a hailstorm, horribly mutilated, dashed against a rock at the foot of the tower, under a window which was, uh, how shall I say this? I trust...::William of Baskerville: Which was found closed.::The Abbot: Somebody told you?::William of Baskerville: Had it been found open, you would not have spoken of spiritual unease - you would have concluded that he'd fallen.::The Abbot: Brother William, the window cannot be opened! Nor was the glass shattered, nor is there any access to the roof above.
William of Baskerville: My dear Adso, we must not allow ourselves to be influenced by irrational rumors of the Antichrist, hmm? Let us instead exercise our brains and try to solve this tantalizing conundrum.
Jorge de Burgos: Laughter is a devilish wind which deforms, uh, the lineaments of the face and makes men look like monkeys.::William of Baskerville: Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.::Jorge de Burgos: As is sin. Christ never laughed.::William of Baskerville: Can we be so sure?::Jorge de Burgos: There is nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did.::William of Baskerville: And there's nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did not. Why, even the saints have been known to employ comedy, to ridicule the enemies of the Faith. For example, when the pagans plunged St. Maurice into the boiling water, he complained that his bath was too cold. The Sultan put his hand in... scalded himself.
[after seeing a rat while searching for a secret route to the library]::William of Baskerville: The rats love parchment even more than scholars do. Let's follow him!
William of Baskerville: She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.::Adso of Melk: But that's not true, and you know it!::William of Baskerville: I know. I also know that anyone who disputes the verdict of an Inquisitor is guilty of heresy.
William of Baskerville: But what is so alarming about laughter?::Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith, because without fear of the Devil there is no more need of God.
William of Baskerville: I too was an Inquisitor, but in the early days, when the Inquisition strove to guide, not to punish. And once I had to preside at a trial of a man whose only crime was to have translated a Greek book that conflicted with the Holy Scriptures. Bernardo Gui wanted him condemned as a heretic; I - acquitted the man. Then Bernardo Gui accused *me* of heresy, for having defended him. I appealed to the Pope. I - I was put in prison, tortured, and... and I recanted.::Adso of Melk: What happened then?::William of Baskerville: The man was burned at the stake and I am still alive.
William of Baskerville: The only evidence I see of the antichrist here is everyones desire to see him at work.
Plot
1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.
Keywords: 1300s, 1320s, 14th-century, abbey, abbot, accident, altar, ambiguous-title, antichrist, apocalypse
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
A story of unholy murder.
They believed in God, but traded with the Devil
Sie glaubten an Gott und waren des Teufels.
William of Baskerville: We are very fortunate to have such snowy ground here. It is often the parchment on which the criminal unwittingly writes his autograph. Now, what do you read from these footprints here?
William of Baskerville: Adso, if I knew the answers to everything, I would be teaching theology in Paris.
The Abbot: We found the body after a hailstorm, horribly mutilated, dashed against a rock at the foot of the tower, under a window which was, uh, how shall I say this? I trust...::William of Baskerville: Which was found closed.::The Abbot: Somebody told you?::William of Baskerville: Had it been found open, you would not have spoken of spiritual unease - you would have concluded that he'd fallen.::The Abbot: Brother William, the window cannot be opened! Nor was the glass shattered, nor is there any access to the roof above.
William of Baskerville: My dear Adso, we must not allow ourselves to be influenced by irrational rumors of the Antichrist, hmm? Let us instead exercise our brains and try to solve this tantalizing conundrum.
Jorge de Burgos: Laughter is a devilish wind which deforms, uh, the lineaments of the face and makes men look like monkeys.::William of Baskerville: Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.::Jorge de Burgos: As is sin. Christ never laughed.::William of Baskerville: Can we be so sure?::Jorge de Burgos: There is nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did.::William of Baskerville: And there's nothing in the Scriptures to say that he did not. Why, even the saints have been known to employ comedy, to ridicule the enemies of the Faith. For example, when the pagans plunged St. Maurice into the boiling water, he complained that his bath was too cold. The Sultan put his hand in... scalded himself.
[after seeing a rat while searching for a secret route to the library]::William of Baskerville: The rats love parchment even more than scholars do. Let's follow him!
William of Baskerville: She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.::Adso of Melk: But that's not true, and you know it!::William of Baskerville: I know. I also know that anyone who disputes the verdict of an Inquisitor is guilty of heresy.
William of Baskerville: But what is so alarming about laughter?::Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith, because without fear of the Devil there is no more need of God.
William of Baskerville: I too was an Inquisitor, but in the early days, when the Inquisition strove to guide, not to punish. And once I had to preside at a trial of a man whose only crime was to have translated a Greek book that conflicted with the Holy Scriptures. Bernardo Gui wanted him condemned as a heretic; I - acquitted the man. Then Bernardo Gui accused *me* of heresy, for having defended him. I appealed to the Pope. I - I was put in prison, tortured, and... and I recanted.::Adso of Melk: What happened then?::William of Baskerville: The man was burned at the stake and I am still alive.
William of Baskerville: The only evidence I see of the antichrist here is everyones desire to see him at work.