tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post5531748822129046463..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Medieval Historical Fiction: The Holy SinnerJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-32296042867510402332010-02-19T13:50:43.938-08:002010-02-19T13:50:43.938-08:00That is not in the legends.That is not in the legends.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181564143141532040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-90892179386947477452010-02-19T06:20:26.596-08:002010-02-19T06:20:26.596-08:00True, the only thing Gregorius is actually guilty ...True, the only thing Gregorius is actually guilty of is being so boneheaded as to not check whether the Duchess was his mother. Mann has them both confess that deep down they recognized each other--I figure that's not in the legends?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-31611766691785972162010-02-19T00:07:53.137-08:002010-02-19T00:07:53.137-08:00By the way: when you pick up The Magic Mountain, c...By the way: when you pick up The Magic Mountain, check to see if any of it is in French. I read it several years ago before I had learned to read some French and I still don't know what happened in those pages. I'm told that one of the English translations leaves it all in French while the other does not.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181564143141532040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-16526072921378317402010-02-18T23:54:42.459-08:002010-02-18T23:54:42.459-08:00The funny thing about the medieval Gregorious lege...The funny thing about the medieval Gregorious legends is that it isn't really clear that Gregorius has sinned at all. After all, in ancient Greece, the gods punish crime whether the human knows he has committed a crime or not. But by the 12th century the idea of the guilty mind is well established. So there is a fair amount of literature out there discussing what Gregorius did wrong.<br /><br />As I said earlier, I've only read the medieval legends; I'll probably read Mann's retelling fairly soon. Speaking of modern heroes in ancient garb, I recently read Gore Vidal's >Julian<. It wasn't bad and if you include the post-Constantine world into the Middle Ages you can count it as medieval. Gore Vidal has an ax to grind, but Julian did too, so it fits sort of.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181564143141532040noreply@blogger.com