medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> There is in England. It's called the Reformation. And as far as I'm
> concerned if we're going for 'the Renaissance started on January 10
> 1409'-type exercises (I honestly read that sentence, or something very
> close to it, in a textbook as an undergrad), that's where 'medieval'
> ends - not 1485.
My favourite "exercise" of this sort side-steps the Middle Ages altogether: someone
once claimed that the Roman Empire ended, finally, with the invention of the
railway.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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