medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Ya know, I always enjoy reading Chris' posts ;-)).
On a seperate note, which relates to the original article posted (about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre), Contemporary religious activities, and the Middle
ages (including some of the bizarre absurdities of the era) I will be knighted this weekend into the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.
Which demonstrates just how low the Pope will sink for members in this old Crusading order since I cannot think offhand of anyone who deserves the honor
less.
So - in future, when taking me to task for some absurd comment, kindly address me as "Sir" George ;-))
(Sir) George the Less
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:13:17 -0400, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>From: "Brasington, Bruce" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Please remove me from the list. Bruce C. Brasington
>well, i'm sincerely sorry to read that, Bruce.
>your contributions over the years, while certainly not frequent, have always
>been constructive, never intentionally humerous, and, even, helpful
>(ocassionally to myself).
>as it happens, requesting help to leave the list is not really necessary.
>it's a simple task (or at least it appears to be --i've never actually done it
>myself)-- just follow the instruction kindly provided by our List Mommies
>which appears at the bottom of each and every post sent to the list, viz.:
>To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
>to: [log in to unmask]
>as to the post which, apparently, originally Set You Off, i have to confess
>some puzzlement:
>> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
>culture on behalf of George R. Hoelzeman
>> Because people in the Middle Ages often behaved in similar fashion to people
>today, thus, one can see various events of the period in light of peoples use
>of religion as a justification for various world views and conflicts.
>> George the Less (who sees connections between everything)
>seemed to me like a perfectly straightforward, non-flamable and (above all)
>relevant observation on George's part.
>but you responded:
>
>>I fail to see how these remarks contribute to my understanding of medieval
>religion which, I also thought, was the purpose of this network. Bruce C.
>Brasington, Dept. of History, West Texas A&M University
>leaving aside the obvious (that "this network" has a wonderful multiplicity of
>"purposes," limited only by the imagination of its equally wonderfully
>resourceful members), the discussion of the relationship between the
>"religious" (broadly defined) experiences and practices of modren folk and
>those of middlevil folk is (at a minimum) methodologically entirely relevant
>--and even essential-- to (one of) the purposes of this list.
>as you yourself have said, "I've always thought that the study of history
>taught humility, a humility that comes from recognizing the chasm of time and
>circumstance between the lives of those we study--or try to--and our own,
>often not very well understood either."
>me, too.
>except maybe for that "humility" part.
>"humility" doesn't Begin to Cover It, seems to me.
>this whole lame Project of "[Re-?]Constructing History" is quite beyond
>"teaching" "humility" --it's an Exercise in The Absurd, Up Front; and the
>failure to recognize it as such an Arrogant Omission, Fatal to the hapless
>Akademic who is guilty of it.
>c
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