Pharos Vol. 26 (2024-2025) poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?... @peeterspublishers.bsky.social @niathens.bsky.social

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Ever wondered what seals, cormorants and snails can tell us about the Early Middle Ages? I humbly recommend my new(ish) article on how many small human practices in coastal Scotland built the foundations for larger social changes... link.springer.com/article/10.1... #envhist 🏺 #medievalsky

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In fairness I should add that I think they were right to blue-pencil Anselm’s description of himself as “a dead chicken.” You can actually push a metaphor too far. (For those who are confused, see Matt 23:27, Anselm isn’t talking about poultry at random)

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I’ve been rereading some Anselm and I remain frustrated that the compilers of Common Worship daily prayer intervened editorially to water down his invocation of “Christ, my mother” to “Christ, like a mother….”

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Ppl can’t cope with the weirdness of medieval Christianity

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