Parchment, Pen Cutters and Poisonous Paints…

Clara Chamberlain

Aug 5, 2023

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Being literate in the Middle Ages was so #NotVegan...

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John

Aug 6, 2023

And Cromwell had them burned in great piles!

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Hahaha! Cromwell and Henry VIII were very much the nemeses of the English monastic library

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Fascinating!

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