Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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| Mick Harper wrote: |
| It's worth noting that the Coptic/Egyptian/Celtic monastic system is notably different from the Romanised version. The former makes more of a feature of hermits and monasteries in isolated places. The Roman version tends to like more of a social life at the heart of a prosperous business, like the vast Yorkshire Cistercian sheep farming estates, owned and run by the monasteries. From where the valuable wool was exported to merchants as far as Italy. Or perhaps we should say especially Italy, given the Roman connection. |
A bit chalk and cheesy.
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Some of the Yorkshire estates were the chalky limestone ones. That's why they kept sheep, not cattle.
Some of them, like Wensleydale, with lusher grass pasture, kept cattle. They were the cheesy ones.
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