medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Defining "fact" and "fiction" has probably always occured.
I would suggest that rather than being no distinction that definitions
varry over time and can be culturally specific.
Dealing with some people even today the distinction can be meaningless
just ask the presidential candidates for a few facts and see where it
gets you.
Configuration of the universe different but ways to negotiate it
probably mechanically similar.
Conrad Bladey
Peasant
V. Kerry Inman wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Isn't our modern distiction between "fact" and "fiction" an
> Enlightenment concept ?
>
> Absolutely. Hence my comment that applying the term to ancient
> writings indicated disparaging bias against the culture or writer who
> created the particular story.
>
> --Do we have some study or examples which support this?
>
> --V. K. Inman
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