http://blogs.haverford.edu/medievalist/2010/06/21/margery-kempe-in-rome/ Just another News.haverford.edu weblog Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:11:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.haverford.edu/medievalist/2010/06/21/margery-kempe-in-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Tommaso Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:34:11 +0000 http://blogs.haverford.edu/blogs/medievalist/2010/06/21/margery-kempe-in-rome/#comment-62 Re medieval Rome: have you ever read the “Cronica” or “Vita di Cola di Rienzo” by the so-called Anonimo Romano? It’s a masterpiece of Italian literature. The death of Cola: “Grasso era orribilemente, bianco como latte insanguinato. Tanta era la soa grassezza, che pareva uno esmesurato bufalo overo vacca a maciello.”

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