medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On the burning of Timothy the "north African", is not Africa merely the name of the Roman province that included most of Tunisia and some of Algeria? And, if so, would not the punishment be found somewhere in Roman Law or local practice? John Mundy ********************************************************************** 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