Monthly Archives: April 2012

Oats from Paul’s High Altar: What do we know of horses in the Middle Ages?

Revisiting the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies research seminar podcasts yesterday, I lit upon what seems to be a particularly outrageous boast by a Saracen tyrant, who claimed his horses would eat oats from St. Paul’s high altar … Continue reading

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