so-soI spent 5.5 months working in this. Piers is important historically, both linguistically and politically. When the peasants revolted in 1381, this work, with its commoner plowman religious hero, was cited. It was popular amongst the underclasses (even if they were largely illiterate). Intellectually it‘s interesting in that it‘s inconclusive. Our author never resolves his issues. But, artistically it‘s only ok. It was work. I‘m glad I‘m done.
Random book from our home library:
📖 Warwick Castle [souvenir guide - not in Litsy]
I have lots of souvenir guides to places in the UK that I've never visited. I believe I even have two different editions of this one. Have I mentioned that I'm an Anglophile bibliophile?
p. 271: 'It was better to award a light penance that would one day put someone into purgatory to endure further punishment there, than to assign a heavy one that would not be done and might send the defaulter to hell.'
That's not what I expected from medieval confessors. Unfortunately, Orme doesn't cite his source for this attitude.
On to the section about Holy Week, which is obviously timely.
Random book from our home library:
📖 Green Blades Rising: The Anglo-Saxons by Kevin Crossley-Holland
I‘m trying to keep my recent reads firmly planted in the Middle Ages.
Random book from our home library:
📖 Allen Brown's English Castles by R. Allen Brown
We all know the victorians is why we can't have nice things, so it's a little jarring when 60s historians praise their horror show (in a quote).
"I admire the 19th century West's success in postponing the age of sexual awakening, sexual experience, and sexual infatuation far beyond the age of puberty. You may tell me that this is against human nature; but to be human lies precisely in transcending nature..."
Again, why we can't have nice things.
pickPocket Bonaventure(not in database)is a thought-provoking look at the philosophy & spirituality of the Italian saint. I attended many classes by author Father Tom, a Franciscan Friar who made the lives of saints such as Bonaventure, Francis of Assisi & Thomas Aquinas very relatable in their struggles to understand God and the meaning of life. Tom loved his chihuahuas and also painted all the mesmerizing illustrations.
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Random book from our home library:
📖 Medieval English Verse and Prose edited by Loomis & Willard
