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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I tried the Patrologia Latina index without success. Is there another form of the name Ingeld? Tom Izbicki At 05:47 AM 2/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Related to this string, can anyone provide >a precise reference in latin, english, or both, >for the passage where Alcuin writes home to >northumbria telling the monks to stop listening >to inappropriate poetry in the refectory, because >'what has Ingeld to do with Christ'? >thanks in advance, >meg > > > >>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >>At 07:45 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >>> >>>Dear All, >>> >>>I just read the following account in a history of German theatre: >>> >>>During the time of Charles the Great the Histriones and Joculatores had >>>fallen >>>into such disrepute that in the year 791 Alcuin, very disturbed about the >>>matter, exclaimed: "Whoever admits Histriones, Mimists and Dancers into his >>>house has no idea what a multitide of unclean spirits will follow them." >>> >>>Can anyone tell me more about this? To my knowledge, very little is known >>>about performance of any kind during this period and this is an intriguing >>>lead. Did Alcuin have more to say somewhere else? Are there other similar >>>sources? >>> >>>Thanks. yrs, tom ault > > >>Not exactly about theatres, but the penitentials have strictures on >>dancing. See McNeill & Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance (Columbia UPr, >>1938), pp. 273, 289, 333. > >>The last of these passages, from Burchard of Worms' Corrector, links >>"diabolical songs" with danced invented by pagans. > >>Tom Izbicki > > > >>>********************************************************************** >>>To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >>>to: [log in to unmask] >>>To send a message to the list, address it to: >>>[log in to unmask] >>>To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >>>to: [log in to unmask] >>>In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >>>[log in to unmask] >>>For further information, visit our web site: >>>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > >>Thomas M. Izbicki >>Collection Development Coordinator >>Eisenhower Library >>Johns Hopkins University >>3400 N. Charles Street >>Baltimore, MD 21218 >>Telephone: 410-516-7173 >>Fax: 410-516-8399 > >>********************************************************************** >>To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >>to: [log in to unmask] >>To send a message to the list, address it to: >>[log in to unmask] >>To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >>to: [log in to unmask] >>In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >>[log in to unmask] >>For further information, visit our web site: >>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > >Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] >Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 >College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 >Charleston, SC 29424-0001 > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Thomas M. Izbicki Collection Development Coordinator Eisenhower Library Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Telephone: 410-516-7173 Fax: 410-516-8399 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html