HIST 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bede, Byzantine Silk, Durham Cathedral
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Saint cuthbert (634-687 - dark ages) - imagining in 12th century. Became a bishop at the insistence of everyone around him but later ed. Viewed as a hermit with plenty of humility - attempted to portray that in some statues of him (without anything) Traveled but lived whole life within a small circuit. Miracle worker in life - venerable bede records miracles in 721 account (healing- related) Immediately after death, venerated as a saint. Tomb was opened 7 years after death and his body was uncorrupted. Traveled during viking attacks - monks ed with his co n to protect it ( work after death ) In durham, his body refused to leave . Saint cuthbert - imagining him in the 19th-20th centuries. Buried in silk with cross and book. Dressed head to toe in byzantine silk. Not just highly colored silk, goddess of earth and sky motif. Byzantine silks left to rot from 1827 to 1930s (chosen to forgot)
