Can anyone tell me anything about Clemence of Barking? Is that the same
Barking as Barking Abbey in Essex, England (now Greater London)? I come
from near there. The only thing I know about Barking Abbey is that it's where
William the Conqueror is supposed to have spent the night before his
coronation. Patricia De'Bell
On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, GP. Ferzoco wrote:
> You may recall that Claire sent a query about a book by Jocelyn
> Wogan-Browne. I forwarded it to the person who would know most about such
> matters, and I forward her kind reply to the list.
>
> Forwarded message:
> > Dear George,
> > Many thanks for passing on that query amidst the
> > marking madness (preferable however to bureaucratic
> > madness- some relation to pedagogy and REAL THINGS at
> > least!). I'm afraid Authorized Virgins is still in progress
> > and isn't yet a new book -it was mentioned in the Hag
> > Bulletin as being under contract to Oxford UP - I am sorry
> > if this has led to your enquirer wasting time and energy
> > looking for it. The new little book that did come out this
> > year is of translations and introductions to the Life of St
> > Catherine by Clemence of Barking and the anonymous life of
> > St Lawrence written for an Anglo- Norman nun- Virgin Lives
> > and Holy Deaths: Two Exemplary Biographies for Anglo-Norman
> > Women, with Glyn Burgess (London: Dent, 1996)
> > All best,
> > Jocelyn
>
> Similarly,
> George
>
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