medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> there is a book, i thought with the title "The Abbey of St. Germain in
> the 17th century," which should deal with the surviving documents, but
> i can't seem to find it.
Christopher,
Maarten Ultee, The Abbey of St. Germain des Pres in the Seventeenth Century (Yale U.P.,
1981), which is where I got the info on the bibulous monks there.
> of course, extapolating back in time from the Maurist gentlemen
> scholards of St. Germain in c. 17 to the rough-n-ready 12th c. is a
> rather dodgey exercise; but the idea that the "allotment" of food/wine
> might have extended to the non-DOMini of the house sounds like a good
> supposition, lacking evidence to the contrary.
If anything, one might expect post-tridentine monks to have drunk less than previously.
Although I rather doubt there was any time when at least a few of the flock were not tempted
to such bending of the rules.
> so, miraculous intervention could trump even a Reforming Spirit.
I'll drink to that. Or, as I believe Pope Benedict XIII once said, "Bibamus papaliter".
Cheers,
Jim
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