medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
This was the start of England's "meddling" in French affairs, at least to my Gallocentric (is that a word?) eyes. Once you have the king of England as vassal to the king of France, there's bound to be trouble. (However, I will concede that the language was marvelously enriched as a result.) And various marriages, especially Eleanor's, didn't help the situation either. As I see it, France suffered horrible consequences from the intermingling of church and state, begun (sort of) at the baptism of Clovis, and so, I might add, did the Church. And both countries, England and France, wasted endless resources trying to conquer and avoid conquest. The 100 Years War is a good example.
I realize my remarks may be offensive to my British colleagues and I apologize in advance.
MG
-- Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I do allow myself the luxury of stating that William the Conqueror's conquest
of England was one of the worst things ever to happen to France.
an interesting notion, which i don't think i've ever seen expressed before.
care to elaborate?
c
"Lots of useless other data points just enlarge the consciousness of the
agrieved showing how particular the pain is."
--Burma Shave
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