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, 12 April 2022

Lenten and Easter fare


An article on The Conversation website looks at traditional foods for both Lent and Easter. It can be seen at A history of Easter feasts and why the English breakfast might be medieval

I wrote last year about some aspects of this topic in Medieval Lenten and Easter cookery and also link therein to an older post from 2013  about the history of simnel cake which can be read at Simnel cake


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