The persistence of tradition: the curious case of Henry Symeonis
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Christmas is a time for tradition, and the University of Oxford is well known for diligently preserving its traditions for centuries. Many of these have long outlived the people who established the…
    • EfreetSK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Yes but only because of a guy in 1910s who looked into it

      The identity of Henry Symeonis was only (re-)discovered in 1912 by the then Keeper of the University Archives, Reginald Lane Poole. In an article for the English Historical Review, he looked at the curious statute and tried to get to the bottom of the Henry Symeonis mystery.

    • foggianism@lemmy.worldEnglish
      413·
      6 days ago

      “By 1608, SOME people didn’t know who he was. We mention them here for higher article clickability.”