Re: Handmaiden to History

"Michael Kuettner" <miksbg@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Digger" schrieb:

And I can give you plenty of examples where early medieval ecclesiatical
documents have been shown to be wholly incorrect by the archaeology found
at a range of sites. It's almost as if somebody writing these documents
didn't want us to know what was really going on!

Could you expand a little on the above ?
Do you mean forgeries, chronicles, documents regarding church law or what
?

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner


The particular example I had in mind refers to the work of Roberta Glichrist
who has looked at early medieval stone coffins. The symbolism found on these
coffins often contains clues regarding the status and/or gender of the
deceased which is then found to be misleading when the physical remains of
the person are examined forensically. In other instances we find written
documentation stating that women may not enter the clergy, but stone coffins
and human remains which indicate otherwise.

I'm afraid I can't give you detailed reference at this precise moment but I
will try to find it for you and post it here in the next day or two.


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