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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Related to this string, can anyone provide a precise reference in latin, english, or both, for the passage where Alcuin writes home to northumbria telling the monks to stop listening to inappropriate poetry in the refectory, because 'what has Ingeld to do with Christ'? thanks in advance, meg >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >At 07:45 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >>Dear All, >> >>I just read the following account in a history of German theatre: >> >>During the time of Charles the Great the Histriones and Joculatores had fallen >>into such disrepute that in the year 791 Alcuin, very disturbed about the >>matter, exclaimed: "Whoever admits Histriones, Mimists and Dancers into his >>house has no idea what a multitide of unclean spirits will follow them." >> >>Can anyone tell me more about this? To my knowledge, very little is known >>about performance of any kind during this period and this is an intriguing >>lead. Did Alcuin have more to say somewhere else? Are there other similar >>sources? >> >>Thanks. yrs, tom ault >Not exactly about theatres, but the penitentials have strictures on >dancing. See McNeill & Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance (Columbia UPr, >1938), pp. 273, 289, 333. >The last of these passages, from Burchard of Worms' Corrector, links >"diabolical songs" with danced invented by pagans. >Tom Izbicki >>********************************************************************** >>To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >>to: [log in to unmask] >>To send a message to the list, address it to: >>[log in to unmask] >>To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >>to: [log in to unmask] >>In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >>[log in to unmask] >>For further information, visit our web site: >>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html >Thomas M. Izbicki >Collection Development Coordinator >Eisenhower Library >Johns Hopkins University >3400 N. Charles Street >Baltimore, MD 21218 >Telephone: 410-516-7173 >Fax: 410-516-8399 >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 Charleston, SC 29424-0001 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html