medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 02/04/2012 16:19, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> it was part of the scatological "thinking" which, say, formed St. Bernie's
> feeling that the Second Crusade would be an essential event in the bringing
> about of the End Times (influenced by his reading of, of all things, the
> thoroughly Pagan Sibylline prophesies --but, leave us not Quibble).
Whilst Bernie's thinking may indeed generally have been scatological - I
can't help feeling that this is not quite the mot juste for this
particular context.
John Briggs
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