Jess Wilder
Mar 17, 2023
The word “Medieval” conjures sentimentalized dragons and knights to the modern mind. Medievalist Grace Hamman suggests that underlying this thin image is a surprising amount of discarded depth, and certainly much wonderful strangeness. Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life is a walk through the delightfully weird garden of the ethical thought of the Middle Ages, encouraging us to taste for ourselves the fruit it has to offer. With unicorns and hedgehogs among our many guides, we will learn the Medieval answers to the question, “Will thou be made whole?” Hopefully by the end our tour we will learn how these distinctly Medieval models of formation may apply to our own modern lives.
The word “Medieval” conjures sentimentalized dragons and knights to the modern mind. Medievalist Grace Hamman suggests that underlying this thin image is a surprising amount of discarded depth, and certainly much wonderful strangeness. Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life is a walk through the delightfully weird garden of the ethical thought of the Middle Ages, encouraging us to taste for ourselves the fruit it has to offer. With unicorns and hedgehogs among our many guides, we will learn the Medieval answers to the question, “Will thou be made whole?” Hopefully by the end our tour we will learn how these distinctly Medieval models of formation may apply to our own modern lives.