tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post114501230625692282..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Guthlac, Mercia, and Anglo-Saxon ColonialismCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1145122437676907082006-04-15T13:33:00.000-04:002006-04-15T13:33:00.000-04:00It's amazing, you always get the best feel of a Ve...It's amazing, you always get the best feel of a Very Historic place from its living (weary, cranky, but eager to talk) custodians. I love stories like this one -- thanks!Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1145068097496186312006-04-14T22:28:00.000-04:002006-04-14T22:28:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for posting that excerpt! Your rea...Thanks so much for posting that excerpt! Your reading makes sense of what was for me only an inchoate half-thought about the Guthlac vita. I'm putting Medieval Identity Machines on my summer reading list.<BR/><BR/>By the way, two summers ago I visited Crowland and the ruins of the abbey (part of which is an operative parish church -- with the longest bell hand-pulls in England!). The manager/warden (I'm not sure what his title should be) was very bitter that the British Library had the Guthlac roll and they only had a facsimile. He felt that Crowland's heritage had been robbed. An ironic footnote to your reading, wouldn't you say?Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.com