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Oct. 9th, 2010 04:28 pmToday I've been playing with LAMOP. One page of LAMOP is particularly distracting. I give it to you so that you, too, can be diverted from your many true endeavours: http://lamop.univ-paris1.fr/spip.php?rubrique81
Actually (and more seriously) the work of Monique Bourin has made my week a great deal happier (which is why I can stop for a bit and play with LAMOP). Somehow, over the last twenty or thirty years, she knew that I would need a precise study of key aspects of Languedoc society in the Middle Ages now and so she has provided that study. Three times already (Monday and yesterday and today), she has provided that study and I'm only a fraction of the way through her work on subjects related to my own work.
I know much more about how everyday life was managed and what the status of various souls would be. I can fit my characters so much more clearly into their surroundings that plot points are starting to wave 'Look, I'm here.' If I ever get to meet her, I so want to buy her dinner.
Actually (and more seriously) the work of Monique Bourin has made my week a great deal happier (which is why I can stop for a bit and play with LAMOP). Somehow, over the last twenty or thirty years, she knew that I would need a precise study of key aspects of Languedoc society in the Middle Ages now and so she has provided that study. Three times already (Monday and yesterday and today), she has provided that study and I'm only a fraction of the way through her work on subjects related to my own work.
I know much more about how everyday life was managed and what the status of various souls would be. I can fit my characters so much more clearly into their surroundings that plot points are starting to wave 'Look, I'm here.' If I ever get to meet her, I so want to buy her dinner.