[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter Discussion: Chapter Sixteen, Goblet of Fire: The Goblet of Fire

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 192256

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Geoff <geoffbannister123 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Geoff:
> I seem to recall that, at various times in the past, contributors to this
> group
> have suggested that the Wizarding World is reminiscent of the UK in the
> Middle Ages in its attitudes towards the disadvantaged, the weak and, in
> contrast, to the aristocracy (ie purebloods) and powerful.
>
> Would this fit your views? Or do you see different reasons?

Except that the medieval world had a large safety net that the
Wizarding World doesn't seem to have, to wit, the Church -- which with
all its faults has always felt responsible for the poor and
disadvantaged.  I've never gotten the impression that the WW had a
religion of its own, but rather followed whatever Muggle religions it
happened to share space with.  (e.g. English wizards could be
Christians, the Patil twins and/or their ancestors might be Hindu or
Muslim, etc.)


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean56 at gmail.com>