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 23 August 2022

More on the health of the medieval Cambridge Austin Friars


Having posted recently in Living with parasites in medieval Cambridge about the latest reports about the skeleton-based evidence for the health and well-being of the medieval Austin Friars in Cambridge I have now come upon another article about the excavations which gives additional insights into the subject. It is from the phys.org website and authored by the University of Cambridge and can be seen at Medieval friars were 'riddled with parasites,' study finds


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