Dear Listmemebers,
I've been lurking in the shadows for a while now and thought it is
about time to finally introduce myself. I'm a first year History PhD
student at Edinburgh University working on concepts of ritual purity,
pollution and gender in early Middle Ages particularly Irish and
Anglo-Saxon. Thus far I'm focusing on penitential literature and
monastic rules (i.e. the Celi De reform movement.) I also have an
anthropological background that I am drawing upon in an attempt to
establish the broader cultural significance of these beliefs and
practices.
Cheers,
Morgyn Wagner
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History Dept.
University of Edinburgh
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