While it has been claimed in the past that the name did come from desserts or puddings being sold here, it’s now generally believed that the name relates to the medieval word ‘pudding’ which meant offal – the guts or entrails of animals. It was apparently down this lane that the but...
I would have been in a lot of trouble. It’s not just that I want to smile like you, but I want to do [things the way] you did. Give me strength Lord.” After the head of the Rwandan military read “Left to Tell,” he told Immaculee he obliged all his officers to read the ...
The popularity of Gothic stories make more sense when considered in the light of a paranoid reading public. The Gothic villain plots away behind the scenes. To be fair, people did have knowledge of the Holy Inquisition, which wasn’t great. Talk about dangerous master plotting: The Inquisition...
The one thing the peasant had to do in Medieval England wasto pay out money in taxes or rent. He had to pay rent for his land to his lord; he had to pay a tax to the church called a tithe. ... A peasant could pay in cash or in kind – seeds, equipment etc. What did peas...
Nuns and beer Paderborn’s cathedral is dedicated to St Liborius, an early Christian bishop from Le Mans whose remains were transferred to the town in 836 AD. The obscure Gallo-Roman cleric is the focal point of the annual nine-dayLiborifestival in late July, when the golden shrine containi...
“It’s state-of-the-art,” Charlier told LiveScience. “I suppose that the preparator did not do this just one time, but several times, to be so good at this.” Many still believe the uber-religiosity of the Dark Ages prevented things like autopsies and medical diss...
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The great convents at Atwater and Sher- bmoke are almost deserted; the nuns have given up their winged head- dresses and wear mufii in the streets; Nuns' Island is ttying hard to be a thriv- ing, desirable suburb. On the radio. as you swung the dial of an evening, you used to ...
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In other words, we may well need categories for things even stranger than floating nuns and flying friars. I am happy to share with you that my review of Rod Dreher’s newest book,Living in Wonder, was released this weekover at Mere Orthodoxy. I hope you’ll check it out. I really ...