I've been torturing my professors at the Central European
University with the seemingly simple question -- when the primordial
sin became ( in Christian tradition) associated with the carnal
intercourse -- until they confessed their ignorance. Peter Brown
doesn't give an answer as well. Could someone satisfy my curiosity?
Elena Lemeneva
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PS. To the problem of medieval misconceptions: I was greatly
surprised having discovered that St. Dominic was red-haired.Why not,
one might think. But ... the average mind can hardly imagine saint's
having red hair, protrudent ears, and so on.
Elena Lemeneva
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Central European University
Medieval Studies Department
Nador utca 9, 1051 Budapest
HUNGARY
Pannonia utca, 49/B, IV/3
1133 Budapest Hungary
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