Our discussion of “Behold A Pale Horse” revealed many layers to this mystery. We discussed the split between Church practices in Rome and those in Ireland in the 8th century, and how those practices affected the roles of women. The ideas of kinship and relationships between relatives, married clergy, and how manuscripts were regarded, all contributed to our lively and informative conversation. Sr. Jane Gerard started our discussion, and there were many contributors, some on the themes above, and some discussing the mystery itself.
At the suggestion of Jeanne LaDuke, we agreed that our next book would be Stefan Zweig's “The World of Yesterday”. This memoir of Vienna stands as a “humane document and a record of European culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”. (Anthea Bell, in her introduction to the most recent translation). It is available in paperback, electronically, and through your library. Please join us on Wednesday, February 4, in the Richardson Library, for the next session.
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