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Re Pope Gregory: his prohibition (AD 732) against consumption of horse flesh didn't stamp it out completely, at least in England, since the English Legatine synods of AD 786 opposed it as a pagan practice (Levison (1946) England and the Continent in the Eighth Century). Doesn't this position of the medieval Christians reflect the influence of classical civilizations? According to Simoons, the eating of horseflesh was not considered acceptable under normal cicumstances by either Greeks or Romans. Adrienne ===== Adrienne Powell 34 Lerecroft Road York YO24 2TF UK __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/