> Having done my first graduate paper on Bernard Gui, I was underimpressed
> by Eco's depiction of him. Other problems in Name of the Rose include
> all the Italians being town dwellers and the abbot expressing views to be
> found in Suger's writings 2 centuries later.
>
> tom izbicki
Are you quite sure about dating Suger's writings two centuries later than
Gui? I had recognised Eco's borrowings but they did not strike me as
anachronistic.
Sophie Oosterwijk
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