Times and customs - Zeme un valsts

Times and customs

In 1300, Bishop Burhard complained to the Master of Livonia that, on the orders of the Commander of Kuldīga and at the instigation of a certain Wigand, the troops of the Valtaiķi castle district had invaded the Bishop’s village of Bērbone and looted it.
Furthermore, the aforementioned Wigand allegedly stole a barrel of wine intended for the Holy Communion and drank it, ordered his servants to trample the Holy Communion wafers and chalice underfoot, and gave the carpet of holy bread to his maid, who made a head covering out of it.

...the bishop who is complaining is very similar to the representatives of 21st-century civil society "activists" who regularly compose, write, and send complaints both to European Union institutions and elsewhere...

Centuries change, man and his customs remain...

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