Gustav Zamore
@gzamore
DPhil. (Oxon.) Academy Research Fellow and medieval historian at Uppsala University, working on disruptions of sacred space, ca. 1100-1450. Former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at University of Cambridge. Associate Research Fellow at Clare Hall Cambridge.
Every time I see a glimmer of hope for the UK, something like this comes along. Will it ever end? I feel so sad for what seems like the terminal decline of the place that was my home for several years…
Not just this pontiff, but noted hippie Benedict XVI would disagree, and he did not mince his words…
Sad news. Also noteworthy that in France the death of a notable historian is still big news in a national newspaper.
From this Good Friday’s Stations of the Cross, more relevant than ever: