My Albion
A chronicle of sundry adventures in England.
tirsdag 30. juni 2015
Seamus Heaney's Postscript
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Since June is drawing to its close, I will keep it very simple in this month's fourth blogpost, presenting the poem Postscript by Se...
fredag 26. juni 2015
The Swineherd King
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In the preface to his hagiography of Edward the Confessor, Aelred of Rievaulx comments that no other royal house of Europe can look back...
tirsdag 16. juni 2015
Soundtrack of spring term research
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With the spring term coming to a close, and in order to keep up a minimum of regularity in the posts on this blog, I now wish to share wi...
onsdag 3. juni 2015
St. Kevin and the blackbird
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Today is the feast of St. Kevin, who founded the monastery of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. He became the monstery's abbot, a...
torsdag 28. mai 2015
Cosmas and Damian in Anglo-Saxon Literature
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In a recent blogpost I introduced the legend of SS Cosmas and Damian, and their place in the Collegiate Church in Covarrubias. In th...
søndag 24. mai 2015
Pocomania - a little madness for Pentecost
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This weekend is Pentecost, and since I'm having some busy days this blogpost will be rather short and feature one of my favourite poe...
onsdag 20. mai 2015
Cantos de Covarrubias, I - Cosme y Damián
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In the beginning of May I spent a long weekend in Spain together with some friends, and together we explored some of the many amazing m...
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