Yesterday’s post, to which I applied the ill-advised title of “Steamy,” apparently ran afoul of some folks’ spam filters. Sorry guys, my bad. But today’s post should have no such problem. It’s about medieval monks who had the same sorts of distractions as we do today. Even though they lived in a pre-digital age devoid of Smartphones and Fox News, these medieval monks experienced much the same cognitive crisis of information/sensory overload way back in the early 5th century. You can read all about it here. Then say 3 Hail Marys, 4 Our Fathers, and maybe check your Junk folder for the latest and greatest from dewconsulting.net/blog. Because, as we now know, when it comes to blogging, not only the content but also the title, has got to be… <wait for it… wait for it> … totally unimpeachable. Yep. That’s right. You heard me.
And in case you want to read more…
Jamie Kreiner is associate professor of history at the University of Georgia. She is the author of The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom (2014). Her latest book, “Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West” is forthcoming in 2020. She lives in Athens, GA.
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Also, from a This Day in History perspective, what goes around comes around, I guess. That timely story, here. Yep. Believe it, brother.