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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture -----Original Message----- From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Briggs Sent: 28 May 2007 18:48 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] saint of the day 26. May: Bede medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Anne Willis wrote: > > The relevant passage from 1066 and All That [Sellars and Yeatman, > 1930] is from Test Paper 1; 'How would you have attempted to deal > with (a) The Venomous Bead; (b) A Mabinogion or Wapentake? (Be quick) But that is testing Chapter III: The Conversion of England. ...The conversion of England was thus effected by the landing of St Augustine in Thanet and other places, which resulted in the country being overrun by a Wave of Saints. Among these were St Ive, St Pancra, the great St Bernard (originator of the clerical collar), St Bee, St Ebb, St Neot (who invented whisky), St Kit and St Kin, and the Venomous Bead (author of 'The Rosary')... John Briggs Sorry, should have said 'A relevant passage ...'. Test Paper 1 is 'Up to the end of 1066', and also includes the question 'Which came first, A.D. or B.C.? (Be careful). Anne ********************************************************************** 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