Origins of the Forbidden Fruit Myth
Gone Medieval
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The Evolution of the Latin Malum Tradition
We tend to think that the latin malum tradition relies on it being led by an elite who speak and understand latin. What we're actually finding then is that it's the vernacular language that is driving the change of upwards towards the elite so they're commissioning art that represents an apple because people are expecting to see an apple. That's such a wonderful reversal of what we generally assume.
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