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.


Friday, 15 December 2023

Party time in Medieval Baghdad


Medievalists.net has an article, aimed in part at the current party season, about the aspects of 
partying in eighth and early ninth century Baghdad that were described by the poet Abu Nuwas in his writings.

Wikipedia has an account of the poet himself at Abu Nuwas

The Medievalists.net article, which transcends time and cultures, and reads not unlike the world of today in cities with young people and a drinking culture, can be read at Partying in the Middle Ages (and Party-Crashing)


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