tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post8981301311254544070..comments2024-02-27T14:15:43.978-06:00Comments on Modern Medievalism: Henpecked husbands in medieval EuropeThe Modern Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238571174836044412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-34432221769818792262015-03-20T17:16:52.507-05:002015-03-20T17:16:52.507-05:00Sorry wrong link above. This is the correct one:
h...Sorry wrong link above. This is the correct one:<br />http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/GKChesterton/Essays/AlarmsAndDiscursions.html#ch08Hapsburg Restoration Movementhttp://askaboutchurch.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-80824323378656086482015-03-20T16:46:09.287-05:002015-03-20T16:46:09.287-05:00Have you read Chesterton's essay called "...Have you read Chesterton's essay called "A Drama of Dolls" (about the medieval story of Faustus)? In it he explores this idea:<br /><br />"That other ancient and Christian jest, that a wife is a holy terror, occurs in the last scene, where the doctor (who wears a fur coat throughout, to make him seem more offensively rich and refined) is attempting to escape from the avenging demons, and meets his old servant in the street. The servant obligingly points out a house with a blue door, and strongly recommends Dr. Faustus to take refuge in it. "My old woman lives there," he says, "and the devils are more afraid of her than you are of them." (http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/GKChesterton/Essays/AlarmsAndDiscursions.html#ch26)Hapsburg Restoration Movementhttp://askaboutchurch.orgnoreply@blogger.com