Souls under Siege : Stories of War, Plague, and Confession in Fourteenth-Century Provence /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Archambeau, Nicole (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Delphina, > of Signe, > 1284-1360.
War and society.
Plague.
Penance.
Manners and customs.
Healing > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Penance > History > France > Provence > To 1500.
Plague > France > Provence > History > To 1500.
War and society > France > Provence > History > To 1500.
Healing > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
France > Provence.
France.
France > Social life and customs > 1328-1600.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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