medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Seemingly closely related to this is the detail, absent from St. Erasmus' hagiography through at least the eleventh century, of the winding out of his entrails with a windlass.
Best,
John Dillon
On Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at 10:29 am, Meg Cormack wrote:
> Actually this method is also attested as used by Arabs ("Turks") in one
> of the crusading chronicles.
> There has even been an article or two about it. I can look up references
> if anyone is REALLY interested,
> but they are in the bottom of filing cabinets!
> Meg
>
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> On Feb 1, 2011, at 4:23 AM, Ms B M Cook wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> > According to a later legend (where are my notes ???) Saint Amphibalus
> (and his companions) WAS later martyred, by the very nasty (and VIKING
> !!!!) method of having his guts nailed to a post and him being whipped
> round the post until all his intestines had unravelled ..... Martyrdom
> is NOT for the squeamish. Is this a SCHOOLS project ?
>
> The "Field Guide to Saints" slide show that I once saw at a day of
> workshops had at the end of its description "WARNING: Violence, adult
> themes" ;)
>
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