tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7720639764842507895..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Two memorialsMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-18976088002334926032013-03-03T15:38:49.400+00:002013-03-03T15:38:49.400+00:00What is it about institutions that preservation of...What is it about institutions that preservation of what was is so much more important than examination of what might be that murder is acceptable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71089813696607779932013-03-01T22:28:41.656+00:002013-03-01T22:28:41.656+00:00Hey, I'm a 'Savonarola-nerd"! Goodie!...Hey, I'm a 'Savonarola-nerd"! Goodie! I go more often to Ferrarra where there is a brilliant statue of him and a round plaque that commemorates his birth and that he was 'arso in Firenze' which somehow manages to get the tone of snarking at Florence (quite right, too).<br /><br />Every time I go to Venice I light a candle in Zanipolo for Marcantonio Bragadin. we all have our favourite martyrs...<br />Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66902207470697205832013-03-01T11:35:10.401+00:002013-03-01T11:35:10.401+00:00What Karen said....I will look for that cross in t...What Karen said....I will look for that cross in the Broad next time I'm in Oxford. Very interesting post.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47330711188025015322013-03-01T10:51:51.804+00:002013-03-01T10:51:51.804+00:00A very moving piece. The cruelty of humans to each...A very moving piece. The cruelty of humans to each other never fails to shock and sadden me, especially when it's carried out in the name of a loving and forgiving God. Religion seems to have a way of bringing out the very best and the very worst in people. Karen Maitlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658962341244062060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-83271278605234159492013-03-01T09:39:43.874+00:002013-03-01T09:39:43.874+00:00Thank you - moving words.Thank you - moving words.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-4340584510127594302013-03-01T04:23:51.224+00:002013-03-01T04:23:51.224+00:00That memorial was pointed out to me by student of ...That memorial was pointed out to me by student of history of art when he gave me "a guided tour of the things people do not usually notice". How right he was!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com