Souls under siege : stories of war, plague, and confession in fourteenth-century Provence /
"Between 1343 and 1363, people in Europe endured two waves of plague and surging mercenary violence. Plague killed an estimated 1/3 of the population while tens of thousands of mercenaries fought in the Hundred Years War, raiding and occupying towns during lulls. This book shows that many peopl...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca:
Cornell University Press,
2021.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Telling stories of danger in fourteenth-century Provence
- Bertranda Bertomieua and the death of King Robert of Naples, 1343
- Bishop Philippe Cabassole and the "War of the Seneschals," 1348-1349
- Master Nicolau Laurens and the mercenary invasion of 1357-1358
- Lady Andrea Raymon and the great companies, 1361
- Master Durand Andree and the sacrament of penance as a moment of danger
- Sister Resens de Insula and the desire for certainty
- Lord Giraud de Simiana and the health of body and soul.