medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture And that's not all: her son Henry became bishop of Winchester and a cardinal... Henk -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Christopher Crockett Verzonden: vrijdag 25 februari 2011 14:51 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day - Feb 24 medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> > The last time I commented here disapprovingly about one of the Borgias being made a saint I got my head bitten off... > Headless John Briggs well, Dog Nose, she had her faults, but Adela of Blois never lost her Amateur Standing like those Borgia guys did. one of them even made Pope, didn't he? even Francis Ford Coppola has one of his Godfathers say, "We don't live in the time of the Borgias" --as though the '50s in the U.S. was some sort of improvement. true, one of Adela's grandsons did make Archbishop of Sens and then of Reims, but that's not quite in the same League. c ********************************************************************** 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