Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Medieval Life - Fact and Fiction

Here is another post about medieval life which challenges popular myths about the past which may inform - though I assume regular readers are aware of not a few of these falsehoods - and may even entertain during this time of personal seclusion. The link is:

https://m.ranker.com/list/middle-ages-myths/kellen-perry?ref=nxtlst&ltype=l&l=2795083&g=0&collectionId=2108

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