SC - Languedoc/Cathar
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Fri Mar 9 12:16:57 PST 2001
> > >I'm still trying to imagine the food of southern France without
>fish. Without
>> >anchovies. It's not working.
>> >
>> >Selene
>>
>> What? No anchovies!
>>
>> Anahita
>> amazing how both anchovy and Anahita start with the letter "A"
>
>No food with an animal origin. Not even fish, eggs nor milk.
You are talking here about the diet of the Perfecti--the ascetic
elite of the Cathars. There were Catholic ascetics too. I don't think
there is any evidence that the mass of Cathars avoided fish, eggs and
milk.
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David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
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http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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