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REED This! In the latest instalment of the Cambridgeshire blog series, John A. Geck discusses one of the collection's more unusual records -- an instance of cat immolation -- and considers possible motives for the event. Read more about it here: https://reedproject.blog/2022/10/21/a-great-prophanacion-made-both-of-day-place-animal-cruelty-as-performance/ [https://reedprojectblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/078052-1.jpg]<https://reedproject.blog/2022/10/21/a-great-prophanacion-made-both-of-day-place-animal-cruelty-as-performance/> ‘A great prophanacion made both of day & place’: Animal Cruelty as Performance?<https://reedproject.blog/2022/10/21/a-great-prophanacion-made-both-of-day-place-animal-cruelty-as-performance/> CW: The following post discusses animal cruelty & death (cat) In preparing the REED: Cambridgeshire records, I was drawn to an event that demanded explanation beyond what the record provided. T… reedproject.blog John A. Geck is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His research focuses on transmissions of high and low culture in later medieval and early modern England, including romance, hagiography, and drama. He is the editor of REED Cambridgeshire.