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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Ms B M Cook wrote: > > "The curse is a myth." > Of course, being a MYTH does not make it an untruth. In the > circumstances it would be surprising if Jacques de Moulay et al did > NOT formally curse those who had comdemned them. (What did they have > to lose ?) It was not a classic Christian case of "Father forgive > them, they know not what they do". The King and the Pope knew exactly > what they were doing and the baseness of their motives was probably > known to all. > > What makes it surprising is that it appeared to bite! The problem is that there is no contemporary evidence of the curse. John Briggs ********************************************************************** 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