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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture interesting responses, but not too much material suggested, which surprises me. let me explain what i'm looking for. examples of situations in which the demands of honor-shame have people behaving in ways that are counterintuitive for us. example one: when Oswin throws himself at the feet of Aidan and aplogizes for having questioned the missionary's judgment in giving away to a beggar the war horse that Oswin had given him (Bede, HE, 3.14), Aidan's response is to urge him to get up quickly and speak no more about it, and then later to cry because he knows that Oswin is not long for this world. Why? because in the world of warrior tribes, Oswin's behavior has him losing face and means that he cannot hold the loyalty of his men... and sure enuf Oswin's cousin, Oswy, convener of Whitby, knocks him off shortly thereafter. example two: when sichar and chramnisind are drinking (Gregory of Tours, HF, 9.19) and Chramnesind indelicately mentions the feud they had once been part of and Sichar kills him on the spot because he realizes that everyone considers him a woman for becoming friends with the murderer of his relatives. any others? i'd like to have a dozen or so case studies. r ********************************************************************** 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