FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Willibrord, Codex Amiatinus, Tetramorph
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Saints are a conduit of the world and the world above, so its only right to treat such individuals with the utmost respect. This coffin is a reconstruction of the coffin, which is decorated with images of christ. Cuthbert allows us to make a path to the general theme of monasticism. Cuthbert lived his whole life in the holy island of lindisfarne. He was an abbot (head of monks) and bishop. Lindisfarne was an ideal place to put a monastery. To live in the cities were dangerous, its full of sex drugs and rock and roll, all of which are no good if you want to be a religious person, despite your beliefs. One way to increase your spirituality is to deny the physicality of the human body. Monks were very decisive on where to hide out. A little island really cut off from everywhere, An extreme example, but most monasteries couldn"t flourish in such remote outposts.