onsdag 26. august 2015

The Mannerist Saint Louis

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  Yesterday, August 25, was the feast of St. Louis of France who died in 1270 and was canonised by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297. Louis is an...
mandag 24. august 2015

Saint Bartholomew and the devil - the legend of Bartholomew in the Old English Martyrology

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Today is the feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, who is famous for his grisly method of execution, namely being flayed alive. For this...
fredag 21. august 2015

Sanctity in Milan, part 2 - Nazarius and Celsus

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In my previous blogpost I gave a brief account of the legend of the Gervasius and Protasius whose bodies were allegedly discovered by Am...
onsdag 19. august 2015

Sanctity in Milan, part 1 - Gervasius and Protasius

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  In September, the Centre at which I’m working, the Centre of Medieval Literature in Odense and York is going on a work trip to Milan. ...
onsdag 29. juli 2015

Saint Olaf and the literature of Nidaros Archbishopric c.1180 - c.1220

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Yesterday, June 29 th , was the dies natalis of Saint Olaf, patron saint of Norway. In Norwegian this day is known as "olsok", w...
søndag 26. juli 2015

The Chill of the Hunt - hunting tips from the classical and medieval peripheries

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In a previous blogpost I talked about the appearances of bearded women on the peripheries of the medieval world, and I lingered a bit on...
fredag 24. juli 2015

Edmund Spenser's cruel panther

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This month has been a very busy month, which is reflected in the lack of posts for July. I have made a point to keep up a minimum of four...