Robert Verdon, #189, Medieval graffiti, a found concoction

The voices of medieval commoners are largely silent. Most medieval documents come with the same limitations. The past five or six years have seen a massive rise in one particular area of medieval studies – an area that has the potential to give back a voice to the silent majority of the medieval population. To date, the Norfolk survey has recorded more than 26,000 previously unknown medieval inscriptions.

Source: First four paragraph openings, Matthew Champion, Medieval graffiti: Graffiti on the walls of Europe’s old churches reveals the real Middle Ages – a world far removed from knights and damsels, in Essays, Aeon, 14.6.2016.

At https://aeon.co/essays/medieval-graffiti-brings-a-new-understanding-of-the-past?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6bbaa7d630-Daily_Newsletter_14_June_20166_14_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-6bbaa7d630-69055757 (29.6.2016)