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Necropolis catharine arnold5/21/2023 The monks soon fell on hard times, however, and by the next century had to appeal to the mayor for funds. She starts in the 13th century with Simon Fitzmary, who, possibly inspired by an angel whispering in his ear but also somewhat of a political operator, gave over land north of St Botolph's at Bishopsgate, where Liverpool Street Station is now, for the foundation of a charitable priory dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Bethlehem (hence ‘Bethlem’ and its derivative ‘Bedlam’). Whereas The History of the Bethlem Hospital Reference Andrews, Briggs, Porter, Tucker and Waddington1, though excellent, is both expensive and difficult to procure, we have here two accessible books on a similar theme, with the more lurid term ‘Bedlam’ used as the key attention attractor.Ĭatherine Arnold, having previously written about London's Victorian cemeteries in Necropolis, Reference Arnold2 has an ear for a good story.
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