medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote [Quoting Margot Fassler, in
_Speculum_, 200] :
> "Little is known of [Fulbert's] early life."
> "Whether in his youth or later, F... came to know Aquitaine and the [sic]
Auvergne.
a fitting and [though not necessarily unique] correct translation of
"l'Auvergne", i believe --cf. "The Vendee", "The Chartrain", "The Beauvaisis"
[but don't axe me why not "The Normandy", gofigger].
> He was a close ally of Duke William V of Aquitaine, related to the house of
Chartres/Blois through his mother, Emma."
i.e. (i assume), William was related to C/B, not Fulbert.
happily speculating without the incumberance of any actual knowledge, i
suppose that it was this [later] "alliance" with Wm. which is the source of
the idea that F. was from that region(?)
a typically cautious & circumspect Fassleresque disposition of the problem
--which is, of course, quite tangential to her subject matter at hand.
Thanks, MG.
cc
"But it is necessary to know well how to disguise this characteristic, and to
be a great pretender and dissembler (disguiser, concealer) ; and men are so
simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive
will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived....
"Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I
have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall
dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is
injurious (harmful), and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear
merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright (honest), and to be so, but
with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able
and know how to change to the opposite....
"For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his
state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will be praised by
everybody because the vulgar are always taken by what a thing seems to be and
by what comes of it; and in the world there are only the vulgar, for the few
find a place there only when the many have no ground to rest on."
http://www.the-prince-by-machiavelli.com/the-prince/the_prince_chapter_18.html
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/48/img/articles/early_signs_of_fascism.jpg
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