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Dear colleagues,

Another reference to bees appears in Gratian's Decretum. The canon In apibus [Causa 7 question 1 c. 41] argues of unity of rule based on the king bee [yes, king], migrating birds following a leader and, as a contrary example, the killing of Remus by Romulus. My research for a paper some years ago showed some popularity among political writers of this argument. Hobbes took up the argument from ants and bees as natural examples of rule and dismissed as not based on reason.

Tom Izbicki

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Not to overlook Eugenius of Palermo's later twelfth-century invective in verse against a fly.  It's no. 15 in Marcello Gigante, ed. and tr., _Eugenii Panormitani versus iambici_ (Palermo: Istituto Siciliano di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici, 1964).  Gigante gives both the original Greek and a fluid Italian translation.

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John Dillon

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Thomas of Cantimpré, Bonum universale - De Apibus (completed between 1258 and 1263) might be interesting for you. Thomas explained the relationship between authorities and their subjects comparing it to a beehive.

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Vera

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Am 12.10.16 um 14:53 schrieb Rachel Murray:
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Dear all,

I'm a 3rd year PhD student in the English department at Bristol working on modernism and entomology.

I've been approached by the editors of a new 6 part Bloomsbury Cultural History of Insects to write a chapter on insects in literature, with a particular focus on insects in medieval literature.

If you can think of any examples of insect imagery and symbolism or even just a passing reference to creepy crawlies in any medieval text, I'd love to hear from you!

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Many thanks

Rachel
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