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When the newly elected bishop of Hildesheim, in the north of Germany, asked to see the diocesan library, he was brought to the armory and shown the pikes and battleaxes hanging on the walls; these, he was informed, were the books with which the rights of the bishopric had been won and must be defended.


这段话的刻毒之处，只有跟某诺曼底僧侣在1170 年写的一段话作一比较才会完全显示出来：”有修道院而无图书馆，等于有了城堡而无武器库。我们的图书馆是我们的武器库。我们就是从这里得到神圣法律中的句子，像利剑一样攻击敌人。我们从这里取得正义的铠甲，救世的头盔，信仰的盾和精神的剑，这就是神的言语。”