medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
This was brought home to me by Braveheart. I never really understood
Trooping the Colors until the color sergeant (?) galloped along the lines
with a standard and the soldiers from his regiment stepped out to follow
him. Makes perfect sense in a semi-literate society, as well as one without
cell phones.
Best,
Erica
As we raised our parish banner, and momentarily lost one
of the children belonging to our party, I realised, for the first time, how
very useful standards must have been when thousands were gathered for battle
(or other reasons) without the aid of mobile phones to find each other.
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