According to Henry of Huntingdon, the people of Lincoln in the twelfth century were "boundless in beauty" :)https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O6U5BTD0-rYC&lpg=PP21&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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With regard to Henry of Huntingdon and his life, incl his Lincoln connections, following is a nice short intro :)https://www.academia.edu/773095/Henry_of_Huntingdon_in_his_time_1135_and_place_between_Lincoln_and_the_royal_court_ …
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Henry of Huntingdon's reflections on the lives of people living a thousand years before he wrote, c. AD 135:pic.twitter.com/EdngJQJ8zG
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Henry of Huntingdon's 12thC 'hexameters in Britain's praise': https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O6U5BTD0-rYC&lpg=PP21&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/G8VIuJR5h7
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Richard of Devizes in the L12thC had a rather less favourable opinion of the various English cities, however... https://archive.org/stream/chronicleofricha00rich#page/60/mode/2up …pic.twitter.com/YeBINdydcw
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Of course, according to Richard of Devizes in c. 1192, no city in England was quite as terrible and sinful as London…pic.twitter.com/aiVvCWPGhI
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He was such a grump! Fun to compare this with William Fitz Stephen
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Definitely! And yes, implausibly lavish praise vs complete disdain, lol! :)
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Brill. Never read someone from far in the past speaking directly to someone in the future. Or even acknowledging a far future
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I know, really is a remarkable passage! :)
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@ClerkofOxford I love this passage so much, even though he's sticking up two fingers at Geoffrey of Monmouth -
Yes, little love lost! Tho doesn't this passage pre-date Henry's knowledge of Geoffrey? (or am I misremembering?) :)
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@caitlinrgreen Yow! Henry had a very keen grasp of his (and our) place in the scheme of things, didn't he? And no pretentiousness! -
Fascinating isn't it! :)
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@caitlinrgreen that is really quite awesome. One doesn't often think of mediaeval folk as looking to the future. -
@SkepticalHusky Absolutely—writing a message to the future & even looking forward to 3000AD+ & wondering if humanity will survive that long! - 1 more reply
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Thank you so much for drawing attention to that page. Amazing.
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Henry was clearly forward thinking.
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In the year 4545, if man is still alive....
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