medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
ˇFelicidades por esta maravillosa y siempre útil lista!
Carlos Sastre
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:12 PM, George FERZOCO <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Early in 1995, Carolyn Muessig was settling into her new position as
> Downside Research Fellow in Medieval Religion at the University of Bristol's
> Department of Theology and Religious Studies. It had always been her view
> that medieval culture could best be understood through its religious
> understanding of things, and that a scholarly discussion list dedicated
> primarily to this could, and should, be established. Such a list would
> complement discussions on excellent lists such as mediev-l, medtextl and
> others.
>
> So, she talked about this with me, and with Ian Wei, who at that time was
> head of the university's Centre for Medieval Studies. Soon the three of us
> became the founding 'owners' of medieval-religion.
>
> Our first member joined us from Norway, and we have now 720 members on the
> list from over 30 nations. Our list has been for some time among the busier
> and more scholarly of lists devoted to the Middle Ages, but more importantly
> we have, overall, remained a friendly and generously helpful bunch.
>
> The character of the list is due in no small part to those who have
> participated as list owners in the past, particularly Ian Wei, Dave Postles
> and Otfried Lieberknecht (and Carolyn, of course). (I hope that soon we may
> have an additional owner or two, to help us out and to keep the list going.)
> Thanks also are due to those who have, over the years, contributed to some
> of our ongoing features: our 'feast' messages (especially Carolyn, Phyllis
> Jestice and of course John Dillon), and our 'recent titles' postings (take a
> bow, Tom Izbicki). The biggest 'thank you' of all goes to each member, past
> and present, who has made the list what it is.
>
> The medieval-religion list was formally established on 2 June 1995, so today
> marks our 15th birthday. Let us lift a virtual glass of bubbly to each
> other: 'Cheers -- here's to another fifteen years and more!'
>
> With best wishes, George
>
> --
> George FERZOCO
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