Medieval Masters of Invention
Gone Medieval
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The Dark Age - The Bishop of Oxford
A certain monk who was present at the court said, with pleasant yet pointed wit, what is that which is most hurtful and fearful to those that sail across the sea. So he's standing in front of the king, and we think he's possibly around 20 at this time. I can imagine him having a derisive yet healthy twitter following. He may be a thirteenth century james blunt on twitter. James blunt is very quick with the comebacks and the put downs, and is fantastic at that kind of thing. Andf we don't know roger bacon's date of birth exactly,. We think it's somewhere between 12 13 and 12 15.
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