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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture a curious case in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis: a Crusader falls in the sea, he cannot swim but doesn't sink: he's put his life in the hands of Mary so, very peacefully, he floats until another boats picks him up. *********************** N'en sai plus dire *********************** Denis Hüe, responsable du Master Lettres Langues Communication Centre d'Etude des Textes Médiévaux, (CETM-CELAM) Université de Haute Bretagne http://www.uhb.fr/alc/medieval ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Daniell <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:57 PM Subject: [M-R] Water > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > The recent thread about 'holy water' has another aspect - that of > Christians being unable to drown and pagans / unbelievers drowning. This > has Biblical examples (Parting of the Red Sea, Noah, Christ walking on > water etc) and was a motif used extensively by Medieval Christian writers. > If anyone is interested I can supply some additional examples > > Chris Daniell > > PS As I am leaving my current job I will only be on this e-mail address > until end of play Thurs 4th Nov > > ********************************************************************** > 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 ********************************************************************** 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