The Golden Thread
Revitalizing the Western Tradition as a lived source of meaning.
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Let's Start a New Renaissance
On May 14, 2026, James Hankins was awarded the prestigious Bradley Prize. What follows is a typescript of his remarks on that occasion. There is a link to a video of the acceptance speech at the bottom.
I’m listening to myself talki...
Constantine's Conquest – Part 2
Part 1 of this article appears as a guest post on the Classical Wisdom Substack newsletter.
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This is our very first guest post, and we are proud to do it with Classical Wisdom, an extremely valuable resource for engaging with a...
Was Plato a Monarchist? If Not, Where Does the Idea of the Philosopher-King Come From?
If ‘polyarchical’ means rule by more than one person, i.e., non-monarchical government, then the ideal government as depicted in the Republic is polyarchic. The regime Plato envisages is an aristocracy of the perfectly wise and good. These...
The Past as Prologue: The State of History as an Academic Discipline
On May 13, 2026, Allen C. Guelzo moderated a panel discussion at the American Enterprise Institute on “The Past as Prologue: The State of History as an Academic Discipline.” The panel was introduced by Dr. Joshua Katz, a resident scholar at...
From Antiquity to Christendom: Continuity in the Western Tradition
by James Hankins
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Encounter Books, the two volumes that comprise The Golden Thread have achieved a physical monumentality that we never dreamed of when Allen Guelzo and I began to write them over four...
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