History 2149A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Luxeuil Abbey, Latvian Lats, Bede
15 Feb 2017
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Based on a book by a literary historian. They believed in god but traded with the devil. The film had a perspective on monks lives: There"s a bizarre scene where they encounter an older man. The movie says since they were celibate it must have lead to homosexuality, like prison sex not in the book. The villagers were giving 1/10th of their yield of crops. The villagers were portrayed as poor, animal like, lice covered, they could barley afford to give up 1/10th of their food. The church rarely insisted on ties (the giving of food) in reality, a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur u(cid:374)til the protesta(cid:374)t (cid:272)hur(cid:272)h after the (cid:373)iddle ages. The monks think the men are being murdered by the devil. The detective, was a modern man who wore glasses a man of the future, The monks in reality were often taken from the monasteries. He uses his authority to fine heretics unfairly, injustice.
