Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Monday, November 21, 2022
Calvinist Anomalies
Last night's 1:40 AM ET Windows lockscreen was Chateau d'If,
a fortress featured in the 1846 novel The Count of Monte Cristo :
"The isolated location and dangerous offshore currents
of the Château d'If made it an ideal escape-proof prison,
very much like the island of Alcatraz in California
in more recent times. Its use as a dumping ground for
political and religious detainees soon made it one of the
most feared and notorious jails in France. Over 3,500
Huguenots (French Calvinists/identifying Christians)
were sent to Château d'If, as was Gaston Crémieux,
a leader of the Paris Commune, who was shot there in 1871."
Speaking of Calvinists . . . See Marilynne Robinson on anomalies.
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