medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Just a footnote: I just recalled that Sir Richard Southern was
Chichele Professor of Modern History (not Regius) before being named
President of St. John's College, Oxford.
best
Grover
Grover A. Zinn
William H. Danforth Professor of Religion (emeritus)
former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
440-775-8866 (department)
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On Jan 18, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Revd Gordon Plumb wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> As John said, its the rest of the world that is out of kilter! In
> the age when these professorships were created "Proper history"
> ended with the fall of the Roman Empire! So, all the rest was
> inevitably, modern. And so, we had one of the most eminent Oxford
> medievalists of recent times (Sir Richard Southern),rejoicing in the
> title of "Regius Professor of Modern History"
>
> Gordon Plumb
>
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