> >[snip] > > I'm not sure whether riding a horse into a church > > constitutes 'pollutio', >This is a bit out-of-period, but one of the routine charges made against >Oliver Cromwell and his lieges was that they "stabled their horses in the >church". This is also a good medieval topos. A standard charge against allegedly abusive lords, bishops, and abbots is that they stabled their horses in church (hounds are also often specified). --John Howe, Texas Tech