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From: Paul Spice <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: St Albert
> St Albert: Bill East tells us it was a madman and Paul Chandler tells us
it
> was the Master of the Hospital who assasinated the saint.
> Paul Chandler also tells us that Bill has the "wrong" story and he has the
> "right" story. How do we know which is the "right" (i.e. historically
> accurate) story? What sources were used? Are there such things as primary
> sources for the lives of obscure saints?
> Maybe the lesson here is to be careful about any un-referenced "facts" you
> read on the net. Due to the ease of "publishing on the net", maybe the net
> is nothing more than gossip or hearsay?????
And the difference between 'publishing on the net' being 'gossip or hearsay'
and sitting in the scriptorium writing down hearsay from the cloister gossip
would be . . . ? Or, perhaps the living tradition continues to grow?
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