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Christopher,
One of the principal characters of _La Princesse de
Clèves_ is the vidame de Chartres. I wonder if Mme de
La Fayette had a specific vidame in mind and, if so,
who. I figured if anyone knew, you did.
MG
--- Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
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> Tom Izbicki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >The vidames I have encountered were lay officials
> handling the lay business
> of a bishopric.
>
> yes, officers --and, sometimes at least, major
> [military] vassals-- of a
> bishop, though not a "vice" bishop in any
> ecclesiastical sense.
>
> which is not to say that there *weren't* "vidames of
> the king," just that i've
> never come across the term and would be interested
> to hear if anyone else
> has.
>
> christopher
>
>
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