medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Sticking to the Middle Ages, exhuming and burning the remains of condemned
heretics seems to have been absolutely standard practice at least from the
13th century on. Did it happen before?
Phyllis
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Take a look at what happened to all remains that could
>be retrieved at Saint-Denis by the revolutionaries to
>get an idea of the lengths to which people will go to
>torment folks beyond their reach. Digging up the dead,
>whether saintly or profane, to inflict even more
>torment on them is all too common. Emmett (sp?)
>Kennedy's _A Cultural History of the French
>Revolution_ and two fairly recent books in French
>detail these profanations. For French titles, contact
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>Happy New Year,
>MG
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