So, the Council isn’t calling us back to some medieval practice, those “horrible” medieval times, the “terrible” Middle Ages, when they knew so little about liturgy that all they could do was build a Chartres Cathedral. (When I see cathedrals and churches built that have a tenth of ...
In many convents we find numerous instances of members of the families of the founders and chief benefactors becoming conventuals; in some cases. the relationship of uncle and nephew may be traced through several centuries; just as the prebends of cathedrals and collegiate churches were often ...
InLa serrana de la Vera(1613), Luis Vélez de Guevara provides an updated take on the medievalserrana, a lustful and dangerous mountain woman. He sets her legendary actions during the reign of Isabel I of Castile, and the play follows the protagonist Gila’s degeneration from an impressively...