Henry of Huntingdon's message to the people of 2135, from his Historia Anglorum of 1135 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e02Hp6kB7FIC&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/pMZVTaB8nf
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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
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
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
He was such a grump! Fun to compare this with William Fitz Stephen
Definitely! And yes, implausibly lavish praise vs complete disdain, lol! :)
Gregory of Tours L6thC message to the future=rather less reflective+sounds more like every author sending off a MS!pic.twitter.com/4CH7zhXuAK
"I know v well that my style is lacking in polish, [but] never permit these books to be rewritten or you will be condemned with the Devil"!
"You may rewrite them in verse if you wish to" should be part of the GNU Public License.
Hah! Would make a good new CC one too: NPD 'No prose derivatives'?!
Don't we all ask this question every now and then? Do we all despair as a consequence?
Because God saw them do it. I daresay Henry says the same.
#UsesOfASharedFaith
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