Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:37:14 -0400 From: john dwyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Eco's _The Name of the Rose_? John Dwyer . . . >was seldom if ever a matter of book-burning campaigns; simple neglect of >texts that held little relevance to medieval Christendom was the main >factor. Just to underscore Leofranc's point, there is a huge difference >between failing to take good care of a book and deliberately burning it. > How do these myths about medieval book-burnings come about, anyway? > >Randi Eldevik ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
