medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I heartily recommend the chateau of Chantilly where
you'll find some books of hours and other mss. I can't
recall. It's been about 30 years since I was there,
but it's my recollection that they have some wonders.
And the castle ain't shabby either, just a spit from
Paris.
MG
--- Sarah Roark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> Hi folks --
>
> Excuse the
> ignorant-non-medieval-studies-major-American
> question, but
> I'm going to be in Europe this summer (London,
> Paris, probably
> Avignon)...are there any museums, libraries etc, in
> those regions where
> hoi polloi such as I could gawk at medieval
> manuscripts?
>
> Mille grazie!
>
> --Sarah Roark
> ----------------------------------------------------
> "The underlying principle of the War Against Terror,
> the very notion that war is an acceptable solution
> to terrorism, has insured that terrorists in the
> subcontinent now have the power to trigger a nuclear
> war...For the governments of India and Pakistan,
> Kashmir is not a *problem*, it's their perennial
> and spectacularly successful solution. Kashmir is
> the rabbit they pull out of their hats every time
> they need a rabbit. Unfortunately, it's a
> radioactive rabbit now...The last question every
> visiting journalist always asks me is: Are you
> writing another book? That question mocks me.
> Another book? Right now? When it looks as though all
> the music, the art, the architecture, the
> literature--the whole of human civilization--means
> nothing to the fiends who run the world? What kind
> of book should I write?"
> -- Arundhati Roy, *The Nation* 6/4/02
>
>
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