medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Belated Auguri for the list-birthday and congratulations its founders for their foresight and success!
Eliana
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:12:45 +0100
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> Subject: [M-R] ADMIN Now we are XV
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Early in 1995, Carolyn Muessig was settling into her new position as
> Downside Research Fellow in Medieval Religion at the University of
> Bristol's Department of Theology and Religious Studies. It had always
> been her view that medieval culture could best be understood through
> its religious understanding of things, and that a scholarly
> discussion list dedicated primarily to this could, and should, be
> established. Such a list would complement discussions on excellent
> lists such as mediev-l, medtextl and others.
>
> So, she talked about this with me, and with Ian Wei, who at that time
> was head of the university's Centre for Medieval Studies. Soon the
> three of us became the founding 'owners' of medieval-religion.
>
> Our first member joined us from Norway, and we have now 720 members
> on the list from over 30 nations. Our list has been for some time
> among the busier and more scholarly of lists devoted to the Middle
> Ages, but more importantly we have, overall, remained a friendly and
> generously helpful bunch.
>
> The character of the list is due in no small part to those who have
> participated as list owners in the past, particularly Ian Wei, Dave
> Postles and Otfried Lieberknecht (and Carolyn, of course). (I hope
> that soon we may have an additional owner or two, to help us out and
> to keep the list going.) Thanks also are due to those who have, over
> the years, contributed to some of our ongoing features: our 'feast'
> messages (especially Carolyn, Phyllis Jestice and of course John
> Dillon), and our 'recent titles' postings (take a bow, Tom Izbicki).
> The biggest 'thank you' of all goes to each member, past and present,
> who has made the list what it is.
>
> The medieval-religion list was formally established on 2 June 1995,
> so today marks our 15th birthday. Let us lift a virtual glass of
> bubbly to each other: 'Cheers -- here's to another fifteen years and
> more!'
>
> With best wishes, George
>
> --
> George FERZOCO
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